Four European projects joining forces to help boosting the Circular Economy
HOOP, VALUEWASTE, SCALIBUR and WaysTUP! are four active projects funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme that work to develop innovative solutions to transform urban biowaste and wastewater into new added-value products like feed, fertilisers, bioplastics, biopesticides, proteins and bioethanol. The projects started at different dates (2018, 2019 and 2020), use different technologies and processes, […]
EU Green Week Event, June 6, 2019, Brussels
The EU Green Week side event is an opportunity to get information on current legislation related to biowaste and its implementation across EU; assist to case studies on available projects about innovative approach to biowaste management and create an open discussion on challenges faced for a sustainable development. This event is organized by EUBIA and the Biorefine Cluster Europe. Click here […]
Stakeholders’ consultation – Comparative LCA of alternative feedstocks for plastics production
The European Commission is asking for inputs on the project “Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of alternative feedstocks for plastics production”. The project is part of the EU Strategy for Plastics and Circular Economy and is conducted by JRC in collaboration with DG GROW. The JRC is interested in gathering technical data and information from relevant stakeholders. […]
The circular economy of Italian farmers to produce clean electricity
A group of Italian farmers, who are stakeholders in the biogas company Alfalfa Energia, are using crops to create electricity through the process of anaerobic digestion. According to famers involved in the process, this practice is good for the environment and has an economic added-value as long as there are investments and feedstock availability. Following the circular bioeconomy […]
Horizon2020 Societal Challenge 5 info days – registration open
Registration opened for Horizon2020 info days on Societal Challenge 5. The 2 days conference will be held in Brussels on September 11th-12th and will featured several sessions on the 2018-2020 calls. In particular, the focus of the event will be on climate action, raw materials and circular economy. The conference will also provide several networking […]
EU Commission report on Critical Raw Materials
The European Commission published a report on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), stressing their potential for Circular Economy and calling on stakeholders to share their opinion on the topic. The report is organised in three sections, and its aim is to show key data sources and share best practices to promote future actions for CRMs use. […]
Where are we with the waste directive?
In 2015, the European Commission published an Action Plan to revise the 2008 directive on waste. It was the sparkle starting the discussion on the “Circular Economy Package”. The initiative set ambitious targets to tackle the topic of waste and recycling, and change consumers’ and producers’ approach from linear to circular. The rapporteur of the initiative, […]
Amendment of EU regulation on fertilising products
In March 2016, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal on fertilising products as part of the Circular Economy package. The proposal discussed at ENVI Committee on 24 of April, aims to cover a wider range of fertilising products (including those manufactured from secondary raw materials), as well as to set limits for the presence […]