Biocircularcities unlocked – The Brussels stop

Right before ending their journey, the Biocircularcities met in Brussels to tell their story. In October 2021, they started exploring the development of economically and environmentally efficient models for organic waste in the three pilot areas. What is the result? Three models for new, more circular, value chains in the Pazardzhik region, the metropolitan city of Naples, and the metropolitan area of Barcelona. But also, policy recommendations and guidelines to boost a circular bioeconomy, and a webtool to support the identification of the most suitable bio-circular technologies for improving the biowaste management.

What if this final stop was rather a new beginning? What if it is just the start of new adventure which will see the project’s results growing in other territories and a circular bioeconomy spreading to all Europe?

After Pazardzhik, Barcelona and Naples, the Biocircularcities partners planted their seeds in Brussels. They invited participants to get inspired to bring the Biocircularcities approach to their garden by learning more about the project and its results, discussing the future of a circular bioeconomy in Europe, and exchanging with peers.

The audience of the final conference showed a strong interest for the results achieved by the three pilot territories – Naples, Pazardzhik, and Barcelona – to improve the circularity of three organic value chains: municipal biowaste management, agro-food waste, and forestry residues. Read more about it in the conference summary.

• Presentations of the roundtable Why and how to unlock a local and circular bioeconomy – Barriers and solutions
• Presentations of the discussion with pilot territories – Local bioeconomy in practice