ACR+

During the ACR+ annual General Assembly, which took place on 28 May 2018 in Porto, Iain Gulland, CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, was appointed President of the newly elected Board of Directors of the network for a two-year mandate. He will be assisted in his mission by two Vice-Presidents, Fernando Leite, CEO of LIPOR, and Josep Maria Tost i Borràs, Director of the Catalan Waste Agency.

On 26 June 2018, ACR+, in collaboration with DG RTD of the European Commission, is organising a webinar which will provide ACR+ members with knowledge and practical experiences on bio-waste management in the framework of a circular bioeconomy.

Over the first months of the project, COLLECTORS focused on defining a key parameter set for waste collection systems which would be suitable for describing and assessing key elements of waste collection systems, identifying local and regional practices which have the potential to serve as good practice examples and preparing an inventory of waste collection systems to support decision-makers in shifting to better-performing collection system.

To find out more about the first steps of the COLLECTORS project, read the full newsletter here.

The European Week for Waste Reduction Awards Ceremony took place on 22 May 2018, during the EU Green Week, at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, where the honoured Jury revealed the names of the most outstanding awareness-raising actions implemented during the EWWR 2017.

Two new factsheets have been published on the Circular Europe Network’s database by ACR+, overviewing good practices implemented by London (UK) and Milan (Italy).

The report suggests an approach for local and regional authorities to recognise circular companies while taking into consideration the fact that circular economy is de facto plural and covers multilple facets. It offers a multi-criteria grid that can be fulfiled completely or partially by companies according to the reality of their activities.