Organic waste

This study presents the main findings of a literature review about municipalities’ separate waste collection (SWC) in EU Countries. Citizens’ behaviour plays a key role in separate collection. Thus, it is important to understand the main behavioural factors of waste sorting and how it can be encouraged. Along with the literature review, various stakeholders participated in a survey to identify the factors influencing SWC. We discuss when people are motivated and able to sort their waste. This allows for a much more detailed understanding of consumer waste sorting than simply socio-demographic characteristics. We also discuss how the factors affecting SWC vary from country to country.

This year, we invite you to challenge yourself to fight food waste. Choose which parts of the Digital Food Waste Fest 2.020 you want to join and create a programme that fits your schedule and ambitions. Let’s take the fight against food waste together to the next level!

23 Partners from 10 Countries and 8 Lighthouse Cities/Regions to Deploy Circular Bioeconomy Solutions for Making Innovative Bio-Based Products

Join us for the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, the main event for circular economy in Europe!

First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste observed on 29 September 2020

The European research project REFRESH has examined how private and public stakeholders can work together to turn food waste into worthwhile commodities.

An unusual partnership between an asphalt manufacturer and a green group has produced Australia’s first road surfaces made from the ubiquitous waste item.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a comprehensive platform to help the global community step up action to reduce food loss and waste as the UN agency and partners call for increased efforts and gear up for the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste - to be marked for the first time on 29 September 2020.

Household food waste in the UK has increased by nearly a third as coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been eased and could spiral further, new research has warned.

In Europe, just 16% of bio waste is processed to some form of useful application. Meaning: food and garden waste. An upcoming report by the Biobased Industries Consortium and Zero Waste Europe calculates the potential, and maps interesting and successful policies.

The COASTAL Biogas project focuses on the removal of excess nutrients from the Baltic Sea by collecting und utilising cast seaweed from beaches. One of the aims in COASTAL Biogas is to inform about the whole process chain of cast seaweed utilisation.

A first-of-its-kind report identifying the untapped potential to valorise bio-waste (garden and food waste) in Europe by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and Zero Waste Europe (ZWE).

Bio-waste is one of the key waste streams in Europe and holds great potential for the circular economy. According to the European Environment Agency’s new assessment, reducing and using bio-waste could cut emissions, improve soils and provide energy. Recycling bio-waste is also key for meeting the European Union’s target to recycle 65 % of municipal waste by 2035.

Going in circles means leading the way!

A research group at the University of Cordoba aims to establish the best valorization paths for restaurant food waste.

Researchers from the National Research Council in Palermo, Italy have applied green chemistry technologies to open the route to a broader and richer economy for lemons, well beyond its conventional markets.

The world’s biogas and biomethane resources could cover 20% of global gas demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to new IEA report.

EU-funded project Agrimax has launched an innovative new online service which enables crop producers, food processers and agricultural cooperatives to sell their waste as feedstock for two biorefineries: one in Spain and one in Italy. This will help maximise the EU’s sustainability while providing new biobased compounds for the chemicals, food-packaging and agricultural sectors.

The project aims to showcase, at demonstration scale, the feasibility of producing and valorising second-generation sugars derived from municipal solid waste.