HOOP

The HOOP project – Hub of circular cities bOOsting Platform to foster investments for the valorisation of urban biowaste and wastewater – is about investing in local initiatives to extract valuable resources from urban biowaste and wastewater in order to make innovative bio-based products.

Project co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, 2020 - 2024

Highlights

The HOOP partners met for a study visit at the HOOP Lighthouse Kuopio, where they could hear about the experience of Jätekukko Ltd, responsible for regional waste management. The visit gathered partners and members of the HOOP Network, which could exchange doubts, questions and solutions on their local bioeconomy strategies. Conversations will be continuing further as now the members of the HOOP Network have access to a new service that allows them to ask for specific technical support. Join the Network and get access to the HOOP services.

BIOECONOMY

BIOECONOMY

Bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems relying on biological resources such as animals, plants, or biowaste. It includes land and marine ecosystems, but also all activities using and producing biological resources: agriculture, food industry, etc. The project aims to address circular bioeconomy strategies, whose potential is underdeveloped in Europe; as an illustration, only 33% of the 96 million tonnes of municipal bio-waste are generated yearly, is recycled.

THE PROJECT

THE PROJECT

The HOOP Project will help to unlock bio-based investments and deploy local bio economies in Europe through a systemic and cross-cutting approach. It will offer Project Development Assistance to a group of 8 lighthouse cities and city clusters - with a variety of sizes, geographical distribution throughout Europe and socio-economic contexts - to build the technical, economic, financial and legal expertise needed to develop concrete investments to valorise Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste or Urban Wastewater Sludge with the aim of obtaining safe and sustainable bio-based products.

The project’s key objectives are:

Develop PDA for 8 European cities focusing on biowaste and/or sludge;
Involve local stakeholders for each lighthouse city;
Create a network of « follower cities » that can benefit from targeted information and peer-review processes.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES

The HOOP project will focus on developing Project Development Assistance to 8 lighthouse cities and regions, to help them unlock biobased investments and deply their local bioeconomies. Each lighthouse will develop and implement these plans by involving local stakeholders. Besides, the HOOP Project will feature the HOOP Urban Circular Bioeconomy Hub, an online platform to foster knowledge exchange and replication in cities across Europe.

ACR+ will develop a network of follower cities and regions interested in moving forward with their local bioeconomy and biowaste strategy. Follower cities will be able to interact with each other and with the lighthouse cities and regions, taking advantage of the Urban Circular Bioeconomy Hub. Follower cities will also be invited to share their perspective and experience, and engage in workshops and local events, so that they can benefit from the project’s finding and replicate the successful practices.

PARTNERS INVOLVED

PARTNERS INVOLVED

HOOP´s project leader is CETENMA, Asociación Empresarial Centro Tecnológico de la Energía y del Medio Ambiente de la Región de Murcia (ES) and its project partners are:

ACR+, Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management (BE)
ITENE, Instituto Tecnológico del Embalaje, Transporte y Logística (ES)
SAV, S.A. Agricultores de la Vega de Valencia (ES)
Draxis, Draxis Environmental S.A. (GR)
Nafigate, Nafigate Corporation, A.S. (CZ)
CETAQUA, Fundación Centro Gallego de Investigaciones del Agua (ES)
R4L, Research4Life B.V. (NL)
G!E, Greenovate Europe (BE)
SfC, Science for Change, S.L. (ES)
2GOOUT, Sustentepopeia Unipessoal, Lda (PT)
CSCP, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH (GE)
RdA, RdA Climate Solutions Unipessoal Lda (PT)
BaxCo, Bax & Company (NL)
SBE, Sara Bedin (IT)
SAVONIA UAS, SavoniaRammattikorkeakoulu oy (Kuopio) (FI)
BIR, BIR AS (Bergen) (NO)
Almere, Municipality of Almere (NL)
Lazio, Associazione Regionale dei Comuni del Lazio (IT)
LIPOR*, Servicio Intermunicipalizado Gestao Residuos do Grande Porto (PT)
CluBE, Cluster of Bioeconomy and Environment of Western Macedonia (GR)
Murcia, Ayuntamiento de Murcia (ES)
AWM, Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster (waste management department of the city of Münster) (GE)

* ACR+ member

More information:
Jean-Benoît Bel
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