The Virtual Academy provides resources related to the implementation of Urban Circular Bioeconomy solutions.
This includes handbooks, manuals, factsheets and videos on technologies and financial engineering for circular bio-economy projects.

Engaging stakeholders for the urban bioeconomy: Tools and resources for cities and regions

This first Virtual Academy handbook provides an introduction to the topic of Stakeholder Engagement and presents the tools and resources available to cities and regions on the topic

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Citizen science, Households, Stakeholder engagement

Outcome reports of the codesigned Citizen Science Interventions

A Citizen Science program utilizing the gamified App HOOP Trainers was achieved to collaboratively identify and advance more efficient sorting, collection, and recycling systems, with a particular emphasis on the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW).

Citizen science

Report on the education and awareness raising & acceptance activities

The deliverable reports on pilot actions carried out to optimize separate waste collection, foster behavior change, and cultivate acceptance of biowaste derived products. A selection of pilot actions were designed to bridge the gap between current practices and best methodologies.

Citizen science, Stakeholder engagement

Engagement activities implemented through the Biowaste Clubs in the Lighthouse Cities and Regions

Throughout the first three years of the HOOP project, BCMs were attended by 790 stakeholders across all eight LHs. One trend that emerges when looking at the engagement activities in the eight Lighthouses together is the focus on citizens as a key target group for stakeholder engagement.

Stakeholder engagement

Circular Evaluation Framework Guidance Report

The document describes a standardized assessment, questionnaire, and ranking of six levels tool designed to gauge the maturity level of projects based on several criteria. The goal is to enhance their maturity and attractiveness for securing green financing and funding for implementation.

Circular business models, Financing

Advancing the circular bioeconomy in the Region of Lazio through co-creation

Results of two co-creation Biowaste Club Meetings in Lazio to co-produce improvement proposals through the analysis of the HOOP Trainers’ challenges.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Citizen science, Stakeholder engagement

Advancing the circular bioeconomy in Murcia through co-creation

Results of two co-creation Biowaste Club Meetings in Murcia to co-produce improvement proposals through the analysis of the HOOP Trainers’ challenges.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Citizen science, Stakeholder engagement

Advancing the circular bioeconomy in Western Macedonia

Results of two co-creation Biowaste Club Meetings in Western Macedonia to co-produce improvement proposals through the analysis of the HOOP Trainers’ challenges.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Citizen science, Stakeholder engagement

Circular Economy policy innovation and good practice in Member States

The European Commission requested the EEA to produce EU27 country profiles on circular economy policies at a national level and best practices on policy innovation. This report provides an overview of the main findings of the 27 circular economy country profiles.

Circular business models, Circular strategies

Circular Indicators for Governments - Accelerating action in the circular economy

PACE is a global community of leaders working together to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. In this paper a series of improvement areas for immediate action on circular economy are presented.

Circular business models, Circular strategies

Food waste and social acceptance of a circular bioeconomy: the role of stakeholders

To be socially accepted widely, circular bioeconomy needs to rely on residual bio-based feedstock and waste. First successful experiences have shown that the involvement of different stakeholders is a key enabler of the process.

Behaviour change, Circular business models, Circular strategies, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Stakeholder engagement

The Circularity Gap Report 2022

The 2022 edition of the Circularity Gap Report provides high level insights into the globe’s material flows and key levers for transitioning to circularity. It also supports decision-makers with clear metrics, global data and a measurement of the circular economy to guide their action.

Circular business models, Circular strategies

Bacillus thuringiensis Production Through Fermentation Using OFMSW Enzymatic Hydrolysate

This paper aims to explore an alternative pathway to valorize OFMSW. It is based on enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain a sugar-rich fraction with the potential for liquid fermentative processes and a partially hydrolyzed solid that is evaluated as a substrate for solid-state fermentation.

OFMSW, Valorisation technologies

SCALIBUR Project - The Biowaste Hub

The Biowaste Hub – a new social network and professional platform for digitally connecting all the players in the biowaste management value chain, such as: collectors, municipalities, energy providers, sorters, research centres, private companies.

Circular business models, Circular strategies, Stakeholder engagement, Valorisation technologies

Fortifying Social Acceptance for Circular Economy Business Models on Biowaste Products

This study by the WASTEWATER Project, engaging citizens, consumers, producers, and policy makers, provides insights into what is important for the social acceptance of new protein sources for food, feed, and recycled fertilisers from bio-waste in the Murcia and Kalundborg city regions.

Behaviour change, Circular business models, Circular strategies, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Pilot projects, Valorisation technologies

WaysTUP Report on barriers for urban biowaste valorisation for biobased products

This reports on the technological, the logistical, the regulatory and the cultural barriers related to urban biowaste valorisation for biobased products.

Behaviour change, Circular business models, Circular strategies, Valorisation technologies

HOOP Project stakeholder engagement & citizen awareness

This presentation showcases the stakeholder engagement and citizen awareness strategies and actions put in place by the HOOP Project on biowaste value chain.

Citizen awareness, Collection, Consumer acceptance, Sorting, Stakeholder engagement

ULTIMATE Project Playbook on Stakeholder Engagement

This playbook comes provides a citizen participation playbook with instructions, protocols and guidelines for designing and implementing the immersive experience to create economic value and increase sustainability by valorising resources within the water cycle. .

Citizen awareness, Stakeholder engagement, Wastewater

WaysTUP Evaluation methodology for measuring change in the collection of urban biowaste

In this report, the evaluation methodology measuring the change associated with the behaviour change intervention (consisting of the implementation of the toolkit for behaviour change in three pilot cities, Valencia, Athens and Barcelona) is described.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Pilot projects, Stakeholder engagement

WaysTUP Project Local Engagement Plans for change in the collection of local biowaste

A behavioural change approach for the collection of urban biowaste and usage of biowaste derived products with citizens & communities.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Stakeholder engagement

WaysTUP! Project Toolkit: intervention for change in the collection of urban biowaste

This report by the WaysTUP project focuses on defining, designing and implementing a behavioural change approach for the collection of urban biowaste and usage of bio-based derived products with citizens and communities.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Pilot projects, Stakeholder engagement

Urban metabolism of HOOP Lighthouses

Urban Metabolism analysis is an analytical instrument to quantify flows of food, water and generated biowaste. In the eight HOOP cities and regions about 60 % of the biowaste is treated by AD and or composting. A high proportion of biowaste still ends up in the mixed municipal waste.

Urban metabolism

HOOP project_Webinar Safety and acceptance of biobased products

Creating new products from (bio)waste naturally raises some questions related to safety. And are consumers ready to embrace products made from waste? These are the topics of this webinar co-organised by the projects WaysTUP!, SCALIBUR, HOOP and ValueWaste.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Stakeholder engagement

HOOP project_Guidance for the organisation of National Replication Workshops

This report is one of the outputs of the HOOP project and it aims at guiding the Lighthouses cities in the organisation of National Replication Workshops. The guide can be adapted and replicated in every context and sector.

Stakeholder engagement

HOOP project_What is a Biowaste Club?

Biowaste Clubs are dialogue platforms that bring together stakeholders involved in the biowaste valuechain. They exchange and together develop a shared vision for how their city can become more circular.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Stakeholder engagement

HOOP project_Webinar stakeholder engagement & citizen awareness

Updating an entire (bio)waste value chain requires the buy-in and long-term commitment of all stakeholders involved. This webinar focuses on strategies for engaging these stakeholders, changing mindsets and behaviour, and establishing local leadership.

Behaviour change, Stakeholder engagement

City Loops project_Sector-wide circularity assessment. Biomass sector

This report provides contextual information on the four different CityLoops cities (Apeldoorn, Mikkeli, Porto and Seville) and their biomass sectors.

Urban metabolism

City Loops project_Seville (Spain): Sector-wide circularity assessment for the biomass sector

The City Loops project developed a Sector-Wide Circularity Assessment method to assess the circularity level of biomass in cities. This report presents the results in the city of Seville (Spain).

Urban metabolism

City Loops project_Urban Circularity Assessment

The Urban Circularity Assessment is an urban, economy-wide material flow and stock accounting method, which paired with indicators, will enable the assessment of material circularity of a municipality or city.

Urban metabolism

City Loops_Apeldoorn (The Netherlands): Sector-wide circularity assessment for the biomass sector

The City Loops project developed a Sector-Wide Circularity Assessment method to assess the circularity level of biomass in cities. This report presents the results in the city of Apeldoorn (The Netherlands).

Urban metabolism

City Loops_Porto (Portugal): Sector-wide circularity assessment for the biomass sector

The City Loops project developed a Sector-Wide Circularity Assessment method to assess the circularity level of biomass in cities. This report presents the results in the city of Porto (Portugal).

Urban metabolism

City Loops_Mikkeli (Finland): Sector-wide circularity assessment for the biomass sector

The City Loops project developed a Sector-Wide Circularity Assessment method to assess the circularity level of biomass in cities. This report presents the results in the city of Mikkeli (Finland).

Urban metabolism

Zero Waste Europe_The State of Zero Waste Municipalities Report 2021

This report aims to celebrate the stories of Europe’s Zero Waste Cities; to showcase the leaders behind these successes; and to inspire others to follow down the same path.

Circular business models, Circular strategies

Mission Zero Academy_Zero Waste Certified City

Led by the Mission Zero Academy, the Zero Waste Cities Certification is a tool to accelerate and certify your city’s circular economy and zero waste transition.

Circular business models, Citizen awareness

URBACT_Performance in policy-making

Readers will be guided through the process of policy making cycle by addressing evidence-based objectives, choosing the measurement criteria (indicators) and way to apply them to monitor, evaluate and improve sustainable urban development policies.

URBACT_Capacity-Building Framework

The overarching objective of the URBACT Programme is for urban practitioners to increase their knowledge and capacities in relation to integrated approaches to sustainable urban development.

European Commission_Monitoring framework for the circular economy

In 2018, the European Commission published a communication on a monitoring framework for the circular economy. This framework is made of ten indicators grouped into four aspects: (1) production and consumption, (2) waste management, (3) secondary raw materials and (4) competitiveness and innovation.

Legislation

VALUEWASTE project_Report on the preparation of Educational Campaign in Murcia (Spain)

This report details the content of the communication campaign and the activities carried out in the city of Murcia by the Valuewaste project. The focused on citizens, restaurants and food markets to make sure that they perform a proper separation of biowaste.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Households, Sorting, Stakeholder engagement

SCALIBUR project_Stakeholder engagement plan per pilot municipality

The Horizon 2020 SCALIBUR project aims to develop new circular economy approaches to recycle urban biowaste. This report illustrates SCALIBUR’s understanding of and approach to stakeholder engagement.

Behaviour change, Stakeholder engagement

SCALIBUR_National Action Manual for local uptake (Spain)

The purpose of this manual is to guide the user through the process of engaging stakeholders in their cities’ biowaste value chain. It is based on the experience gained by CSCP in Madrid (Spain) in the framework of the SCALIBUR project.

Behaviour change, Stakeholder engagement

SCALIBUR_National Action Manual for local uptake (Italy)

The purpose of this manual is to guide the user through the process of engaging stakeholders in their cities’ biowaste value chain. It is based on the experience gained by CSCP in Albano Laziale (Italy) in the framework of the SCALIBUR project .

Behaviour change, Stakeholder engagement

SCALIBUR_National Action Manual for local uptake (Greece)

The purpose of this manual is to guide the user through the process of engaging stakeholders in their cities’ biowaste value chain. It is based on the experience gained by CSCP in Kozani (Greece) in the framework of the SCALIBUR project.

Behaviour change, Stakeholder engagement

VALUEWASTE project_First insights on social acceptance

The VALUEWASTE project proposes an integrated approach in urban biowaste upcycling for the production of high-value bio-based products. A way objective of VALUEWASTE is to improve the perception of citizens on urban biowaste as a local source of valuable materials.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Stakeholder engagement

WaysTUP project_Setting the scope of the behavioural change campaign

This report provides a behavioural change approach for the collection of urban biowaste and acceptance of biowaste derived products with citizens and communities.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance, Stakeholder engagement

VALUEWASTE project_Evaluation of the citizen awareness campaign

The VALUEWASTE project proposes an integrated approach in urban biowaste upcycling to produce high-value bio-based products. This report presents the work done within the task 10.3 Citizens awareness campaign.

Citizen awareness, Stakeholder engagement

UrbanWINS project_A Guide on Urban Metabolism and Participatory Processes

This toolkit provides decision makers with relevant information to improve waste prevention and management policies and programs in their cities, based on research and practical work conducted through the UrbanWINS project.

Stakeholder engagement, Urban metabolism

FORCE project_Handbook for Value Chain Based Partnerships

A practical guide for cities to promote resource efficiency and circular economy policy implementation.

Stakeholder engagement

FORCE project_A Handbook for Citizen Involvement on Circular Economy

The FORCE project aimed to minimise the leakage of materials from the linear economy and work towards a circular economy. This report identifies five criteria for reaching the objectives of citizen involvement: strategic planning; inclusivity; transparency; continuity and resources dedicated.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Stakeholder engagement

BLOOM project_Outreach & Engagement Guidebook

The BLOOM project aims to raise awareness of bioeconomy innovation among EU citizens. This guidebook gives an overview of the participatory outreach and engagement methodologies that the Bloom bioeconomy hubs followed.

Behaviour change, Citizen awareness, Stakeholder engagement

SCALIBUR project_Multi-level stakeholder engagement analysis, including gender, and impact analysis

This report illustrates the multi-stakeholder engagement approach, process and tools adopted in the framework of the SCALIBUR project.

Behaviour change, Circular strategies, Citizen awareness, Consumer acceptance

Urban Agenda for the EU_Indicators for circular economy transition in cities

This Issues and mapping paper on indicators for circular economy (CE) transition in cities was developed under the framework of the Urban Agenda and the Partnership on Circular Economy.

Circular strategies, Urban metabolism

Ellen MacArthur Foundation_Cities and Circular Economy for Food

This report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation aims to highlight the often underappreciated role urban food actors can play in driving food system transformation, and to spark a global public-private effort to build a circular economy for food.

Circular business models, OFMSW, Sorting, Urban metabolism