ACCESS Hubs: strengthening Europe’s sharing and rental ecosystem

Client: Kringwinkel, City of Amsterdam, City of The Hague, City of Ghent, City of Dortmund, City of Béthune, City of Valenciennes, We Right-Click, The Rediscovery Centre, Made., IESEG School of Management, University of Luxembourg  Date: January 2026-June 2029 Location: North-West Europe Across Europe, citizens continue to purchase large quantities of under-utilised consumer goods, such as […]

Exploring the development of a Dutch national sharing and rental network

Client: Rijkswaterstaat – Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Date: April – November 2025 Location: Netherlands A new relationship is emerging between people and their possessions; one where ownership gives way to access, and where things are no longer meant to gather dust, but gather stories. Entrepreneurs and citizens alike are writing this new […]

Training programme on the access economy for the Province of Oost-Vlaanderen

Client: Province of Oost-Vlaanderen Date: October 2025 Location: Ghent, Belgium and online The Province of Oost-Vlaanderen aims to tap into the access economy by introducing and expanding rental and sharing services across the region. To support this, the province partnered with Bax Innovation and Wij Delen to deliver a training programme for municipalities and public […]

Deployment of sharing stations in Amersfoort

Client: Municipality of Amersfoort  Date: March – October 2025 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands The Municipality of Amersfoort has ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s circular economy leaders and trailblazers. Its goal is to be completely waste-free by 2050. While the municipality does not yet have a dedicated sharing economy strategy, it sees the sharing economy […]

European market study on Sharing Stations

Client: Euratechnologies Date: January 2025 Location: Europe The Sharing Station is an innovative smart infrastructure designed to support the growing access and sharing economy in urban areas. By leveraging a network of connected lockers placed throughout the city, it enables residents to access goods autonomously – whenever and wherever they need them. This system creates […]

BoxUp: Impact analysis of sport sharing stations

Client: BoxUp  Date: January 2025 Location: Europe Democratising sport requires more than just building infrastructure; it means ensuring access to the equipment that enables participation. A ping-pong table or basketball court alone isn’t enough; without the necessary gear, opportunities for spontaneous, inclusive play are missed. Sport sharing stations help bridge this gap by removing key […]

Pioneering circularity in offshore wind: the IJmuiden Ver Alpha wind farm

Clients: SSE Renewables, Pensioenfonds ABP, APG Date: 2024  Location: Dutch North Sea Bax’s Circular Industry team is proud to have supported Noordzeker—a consortium of SSE Renewables, Pensioenfonds ABP, and APG—in securing a permit to develop a 2 GW wind farm at the IJmuiden Ver Alpha site in the Netherlands, capable of generating enough energy to […]

Access Economy Alliance: The network advancing Europe’s sharing and rental revolution

Members: City of Bergen, City of Sint-Niklaas, Circular Library Network, Library of Things, Les Biens En Commun, City of Hamburg, BoxUp, Ghent University, Equip Sport, SportBox, Familjebostäder, Saint Quentin, Vesthimmerlands Kommune, Kringwinkel, Hogeschool Utrecht, City of Amersfoort and others Date: 2024-ongoing Location: Europe The Access Economy Alliance is the first European network of public authorities, […]

Helping cities stimulate the new sharing economy in the GOOD CITIES project

Clients: Region of Western Macedonia, CluBe, City of Jyväskylä, City of Tilburg, Ujbuda (District XI) of Budapest, City of Malmö, Tartumaa, Eutropian  Date: 2024 – ongoing Location: Europe-wide Bax’s Circular and Sharing Economy team is coordinating GOOD CITIES: ‘Cities stimulating new shared economy services for consumer goods in urban environments’. Through public policies, this project builds […]

Digital Kiosks: Building Europe’s first network of sharing stations for everyday goods

Partners: City of Saint Quentin, City of Amersfoort, City of Bergen, City of Hamburg, City of Sint Niklaas, Vesthimmerlands Kommune, Familjebostäder, Kringwinkel, Ghent University, Hogeschool Utrecht Date: May 2024-May 2027 Locations: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden Funded by the EU Interreg North Sea Programme, Digital Kiosks aims to expand the availability […]

Navigating European policies for Toyota Boshoku Europe

Client: Toyota Boshoku Europe N.V. Date: 2023 Location: Europe & Africa We assisted Toyota Boshoku Europe (TBEU) – a manufacturer of high-quality car interior components – in comprehending and adapting to the forthcoming End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive proposed by the European Commission, which aims to improve the circularity of vehicles in Europe. This collaboration has […]

Bax’s Battery Circularity Game: innovative roleplay to unlock real-world solutions

Date: 2023 – ongoing Location: Europe-wide With the looming challenge of managing an exponentially growing number of end-of-life EV batteries with over 100,000 tonnes by 2030, Bax’s Battery Circularity Game equips stakeholders to understand and navigate complex sustainability and business demands through immersive role-play scenarios. By simulating real-world decision-making and partnerships, the game enables participants […]

Unlocking the full potential of Li-ion batteries

Partners: CEA, Denios, EIT Urban Mobility Foundation, Eurecat, Frontier Innovations, Renault, Skoda, Łukasiewicz – Poznań Institute of Technology, TES, batteries Date: 2023 – ongoing Location(s): Europe-wide Working with 11 partners, including automotive industry giants like Skoda and Renault, our Battery team initiated and guided the BatteReverse initiative – aiming to transform the landscape of Li-ion […]

Helping to build tomorrow’s circular cities

Partners: ACR, anci lazio, Gemeente Almere, biomass research, CETAQUA Galicia, cetenma, CSCP, CluBE, DRAXIS, Greenovate, ITENE, BIR, Lipor, PRO curement, RDA, SAV, SAVONIA, Science for Change,  Stadt Münster, 2GO OUT, Ayuntmiento de Murcia Date: 2020 – 2024 Location(s): Europe-wide The HOOP project supported 8 lighthouse cities and regions in developing large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives […]

Accelerating circular economy through procurement power, alliance- and capacity building

Partners: The ProCirc Partnership Date: 2019 – 2023 Locations: Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, the UK, Sweden Procuring organisations play a key role in stimulating the circular economy by using their demand to change markets. The challenge is that procurement practices are typically linear by nature and not conducive to circular solutions. Procurement agencies are […]

Rethinking Composites: Circular Economy Strategies for Europe

Client: SusChem (The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry) Date: 2018 Location: Europe-wide Polymer composites play a crucial role in various industries, offering high strength-to-weight ratios and durability. However, the sustainability of these materials remains a challenge due to complex recycling processes and limited circularity pathways. On behalf of SusChem, Bax developed a white paper […]

Energy Storage for a Greener Europe: A White Paper for Europe’s Energy Transition

Client: SusChem (The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry) Date: 2018 Location: Europe-wide Battery energy storage is a critical enabler of Europe’s transition to a sustainable energy system. However, technological, regulatory, and economic barriers hinder its full potential. On behalf of SusChem, Bax developed a comprehensive white paper that outlines the current state, challenges, and […]