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Biowaste

Management of biowaste is essential to reduce landfill, promote resource recovery, and support a circular economy through composting and energy generation.

In the spotlight

Discover how policymakers can approach the management of biowaste in your region, implementing strategies that reduce landfill dependency and promote sustainable practices. By focusing on efficient recycling, composting, and energy recovery, the creation of a circular economy is supported, maximising resource use, reducing environmental impact, and promoting long-term sustainability in the community.

Webinar
Waste management plant model ES

Innovative biowaste treatment solutions: key learnings

On 30 April 2024, the Policy Learning Platform hosted the second episode of the webinar series from waste to resource: innovative biowaste treatment solutions. Discover the key learnings.
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Webinar
Food local farming FR

Exploring methods to increase biowaste collection: key learnings

On 23 April 2024, the Policy Learning Platform hosted the first episode of the webinar series from waste to resource: biowaste collection and treatment. Discover the key learnings.
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Webinar

Webinar recording on biogas from organic waste

Discover how renewable energy and the recycling targets can be met by anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
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Matchmaking

Key learnings: Biowaste management

On 30 March 2022, the Policy Learning Platform organised an online matchmaking on biowaste management – small scale automated composting.
Policy brief

Biowaste challenge

This policy brief outlines EU initiatives that local and regional authorities can refer to for boosting their biowaste collection, prevention and recycling.
Workshop

Meeting the biowaste challenge: Follow up

This article discusses the key learnings of our online workshop "Meeting the biowaste challenge".
Story

Reducing food waste and food poverty: the mission of a social enterprise

Take a look at the good practice from ECOWASTE4FOOD and how they are repurposing food.
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Are you looking for support on waste prevention in your region? We have a team of experts ready to help you. 

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Astrid Severin round

Biowaste is a great local resource that is still too often lost in incineration and landfilling. Home and community composting and increased separate collection for recycling are key to meeting the biowaste challenge.

Good practices on biowaste

Explore the valuable good practices emerging from our Interreg Europe projects, which tackle the biowaste challenge from diverse perspectives. These projects highlight successful approaches that offer practical solutions that can be adapted to different regional contexts.

Good practice
community compost in Mechelen

Community composting

Community composting is stimulated by the city of Mechelen to recycle household biowaste at the source and to strengthen social cohesion in neighbourhoods.
27 June 2024 · Mechelen, Belgium
Good practice
A group of master composters

The use of Master Composters to help implement Home Composting in Flanders

Master Composters are volunteers (supported by a municipal officer) that give personal / local advice on home composting management and the 'Biocycle at Home'.
11 August 2023 · Belgium
Good practice
Soil from a home compost

Municipality regulation on home composting

With this practice the Municipality has possibility to monitor the total amount of home composted food waste and functioning as advisor on safe home composting.
28 February 2024 · Söderhamn, Sweden

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