Over the past two and a half years, the Bio4HUMAN project has explored how bio-based innovations and circular approaches can contribute to more sustainable waste management in humanitarian contexts.
The final event will showcase the project’s key findings, lessons learned from field implementation and practical pathways for scaling sustainable bio-based solutions.
Servicios Medioambientales de Valencia processes used mattresses into fractions for reuse. Their scalable model produces bales of polyurethane foam and steel which can be used as secondary raw materials.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is organising two webinars to launch their latest policy brief on Keep it in use: Retain resource value and unlock economic opportunities.
This session will explore key policy instruments, including Extended Producer Responsibility and waste regulations and resource classifications, and how shared understanding and clear frameworks can help keep products, parts and materials in use.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is organising two webinars to launch their latest policy brief on Keep it in use: Retain resource value and unlock economic opportunities.
This session will explore key policy instruments, including Extended Producer Responsibility and secondary materials markets, and the role of effective coordination in enabling a policy framework for the circular economy.
Theseus H4C is a Horizon project which brings together industry, city authorities and research organisations in order to co-create innovative circular solutions for managing resources, waste, energy, water, infrastructure and networks.
i-Foria Italia has validated a technology for recycling nappies, incontinence aids and sanitary pads - products which have always been considered unrecyclable owing to the wide mix of materials in them. i-Foria's technology separates the components and returns them to the production loop.
This report proposes a bold new idea for EU waste policy: an EU-wide cap-and-trade system to cut residual municipal waste – the waste that remains after prevention, reuse and recycling.
Instead of pushing waste from landfill to incineration, the proposed scheme would put a binding limit on total residuals, creating a strong incentive for waste prevention, reuse, refill and high-quality recycling.
The report also explains why major mineral and combustion wastes should be treated separately, and outlines how a fair, per-capita system could work in practice across the Member States, supported by robust monitoring and verification.
The EU-funded Wood2Wood project aims to improve resource efficiency by recovering high value material from polluted wood found in industrial and urban waste streams.
The European Commission has just adopted new measures to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear and so curb the resulting mountain of waste. See what the measures entail!
