REsources from URban BIo-waSte
Updated on 21.06.2024
RES URBIS aimed at converting several types of urban organic waste into valuable bio-based products, in an integrated biorefinery. Urban organic waste includes the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, excess sludge from urban wastewater treatment, garden and park waste, and selected waste from food-processing. Bio-based products include a biodegradable biopolymer (polyhydroxyalkanoate, PHA) and related PHA-based bioplastics as well as biosolvents (to be used in PHA extraction) and fibers (to be used for PHA biocomposites).
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
This project offers technical and operational reports that can help cities/regions working on bioeconomy related CSSs. Using these reports, other cities/regions can develop ideas on how they can go about converting urban organic waste into valuable bio-based products. While reports related to cluster analysis and legal framework can be helpful during the Map phase of CSS deployment, reports on the process integration as well as CBA and LCA analyses can help during the Design phase.
Main results and lessons learnt
The project produced relevant and useful outputs, including:
- Integrated strategic roadmap
- Report on Social aspects
- Report on PHA Production
- Cluster analysis framework
- Report on Stakeholders' unmet needs
- Report on Legal framework
- Final LCA
These can be found on: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/730349/results
Horizon programme and topic
Programme:
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
Topic:
- CIRC-05-2016 - Unlocking the potential of urban organic waste
Responsible organisation and contact details
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Project consortium partners
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
- DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
- NOVA ID FCT - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA FCT
- BIOTREND-INOVACAO E ENGENHARIA EM BIOTECNOLOGIA SA
- SO.F.TER. S.R.L.
- UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA
- BIOINICIA SL
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO
- MI-PLAST DOO ZA PROIZVODNJU
- TRGOVINU I PRUZANJE USLUGA
- PHYSIS SRL
- EPAL-EMPRESA PORTUGUESA DAS ÁGUAS LIVRES, SA
- INNOEXC GMBH
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES PRIFYSGOLDE CYMRU
- ISTITUTO NAZIONALE ASSICURAZIONE INFORTUNI SUL LAVORO INAIL
- AREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA
- BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (BBIA) LTD
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE
- L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
- SABIO SRL
- AGUAS DO TEJO ATLANTICO SA
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
including bio-based economy
e.g. chemicals, cosmetics, bio-based industries
<5 000
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
e.g. commercial, residential, service, industrial
