Made Circulair in Fryslân – 2025

Circularity Gap Report Friesland

On 15 May at the World Circular Economy Forum in São Paulo, Circle Economy presented the Circularity Gap Report Fryslân. Friesland scored 10.6% on the circularity metric — higher than the Dutch (9.8%) and global (6.9%) averages.

This shows that circular transition at the regional level works. For over a decade, Friesland has fostered collaboration between governments, businesses, and knowledge institutions to build circular value chains.

The results are promising — and the work continues.

Made Circulair in Fryslân

We are proud in Friesland. Our unique, characteristic Frisian character makes us one of the most circular regions in Europe. We don’t do this alone, it’s a joint effort.

Okay, not everyone knows and sees that yet. But we’re going to change that. How? By labelling successes. Literally. We’re going to share the stories of our best practices and innovative solutions and attach a large – sometimes even enormous – circular label to them.

This way, we make it very specific how we can make Friesland circular. And…by sharing our knowledge, we inspire others.

MADE Magazine

MADE – the magazine that takes you on a journey through ten years of circular transition in Fryslân. This special edition is published by the Province of Fryslân and Circulair Friesland, with contributions from our members and everyone within and beyond Fryslân who contributes to the circular economy.

Circular Expeditions

We develop circular expeditions with our members and partners especially for organisations that want to see with their own eyes how we work together on a circular economy. A programme with a choice of different themes of a circular economy. This could be about circular construction, a circular hub or a green team at an educational institution. And tasty and local food. Because that’s something else we’re good at!