BlueCity

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{{Other uses|Blue City (disambiguation){{!}}Blue City}}

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BlueCity is a platform for the circular economy located in former Center Parcs site Tropicana, Rotterdam.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bluecity.nl/about-bluecity/|title=About BlueCity: an incubator for circular entrepreneurs in Rotterdam|website=BlueCity|language=nl-NL|access-date=2020-01-22}} It is home to a collective of small businesses operating within a zero waste circular economy, influenced by the Blue Economy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/futurelondon/theplasticfreeproject/could-london-take-inspiration-from-rotterdams-zerowaste-bluecity-a4261306.html|title=Could London take inspiration from Rotterdam's 'zero-waste' BlueCity?|date=2019-10-15|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}} BlueCity was founded in 2015, when the old Tropicana swimming pool was bought at public auction for €1.7 m in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Dicker |first1=Holly |title=What do you do with a derelict Center Parcs? Map out a waste-free world {{!}} Holly Dicker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/center-parcs-waste-free-bluecity-rotterdam-circular-economy |accessdate=14 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=14 August 2019}} BlueCity is home to more than 40 entrepreneurs who rent a workspace or work in the BlueCity Lab. It is also possible for individuals to rent a workplace in the building.{{Cite web |title=BlueCity: circulaire voorbeeldstad in vervallen zwembad in Rotterdam |url=https://www.bluecity.nl/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=BlueCity |language=nl-NL}}