Zero Waste Solution Tours 2026
As part of the City's Zero Waste Innovation Hub networking event, Circular Munich, in cooperation with IFAT, offers guided and curated tours across the exhibition grounds.
Three parallel tours explore the focus areas of textiles, electronics, and urban zero waste. In small groups, we visit solutions along entire value chains that reduce waste, implement zero waste approaches, and develop circular business models—from Munich and beyond. We provide context and help classify the solutions.
For stakeholders of the Zero Waste Innovation Hub, as well as interested companies and startups from Munich and beyond, the tours offer orientation within the complex trade fair environment and demonstrate: circular transformation is not a future concept—it is already a reality.
🗓️ Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 🕒 10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 IFAT Munich | Meeting point: East Entrance / Delegation Lounge
Participation: Free of charge | Registration required (by invitation only) | Includes day pass for IFAT
The Tours
Tour 1: Textiles – Value Creation Beyond Fast Fashion
How can textiles remain in use longer—and how can they re-enter the system? Experience solutions for durability by design, repair and resale models, and fiber-to-fiber recycling live at IFAT—and discover how circular textiles can scale.
Tour 2: Electronics – Closing the Loop for High-Value Resources
How can we prevent value loss in complex electronic products? This tour focuses on design and input materials, usage and service models, and resource recovery for electronics and electronic devices.
Tour 3: Zero Waste in the City – Enabling Circular and Regenerative Systems
How can bio-based solutions enable circular and regenerative systems? Discover strategic zero waste approaches in cities, including food waste prevention, bio-based materials, nutrient recovery, and the valorization of organic waste—and explore how the bioeconomy drives systemic transformation.
In the tours, we visit solutions with a specific thematic focus. The solutions presented are also of interest to participants from other industries as inspiration for developing circular business models.
