Municipal waste companies are at the forefront of the circular transition, linking waste collection and recycling systems with producer responsibility schemes. By coordinating infrastructure, investment and operations, they enable resource recovery at scale.
This guide helps them turn circular economy ambitions into effective local action.
Municipal waste companies have the potential to do more than collect waste. This webinar will look at how they can enable local circular economy transitions.
Biopolus has developed the BioMakery, a modular hub which processes wastewaste into useable resources. The BioMakery also offers awareness raising, energy recovery, urban farming and community function options – in a single attractive facility!
Recyberica Ambiental manages, processes and recycles waste electrical and electronic equipment. Specialising in dealing with air conditioning units, they recover gases, plastics and metals and direct them back into the production chain where possible.
RetuRO was set up in November 2023 to administer the national Deposit Return System.
Customers pay a small deposit when they buy a drink included in the scheme, which they get back when they drop the packaging off at a collection machine.
NoPalm Ingredients aims to provide an alternative to palm oil for the food and beauty industries. They ferment agrifood side streams and extract the resulting fats and oils – all without deforestation and biodiversity loss!
Paques Biomaterials is working on producing natural alternatives to plastic from renewable resources. Their biodegradable biopolymers are made using circular feedstocks and mixed culture technology.
This international colloquium will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first European Waste Framework Directive, Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975. It will bring together researchers, practitioners, jurists and decision-makers to take stock of this policy and reflect on its future.
This conference will showcase global good practices in resource and waste management.
It will highlight the critical role of effective systems in protecting health, the environment and economies, promoting circular economy principles and strengthening international collaboration to help move the world beyond waste.
