Technological Objectives

• Expand integrated demonstration technologies to higher TRL levels that provide new industries that impact collection, sorting and reuse for the production of new recycled products.
• Close urban and industrial water loops to reduce freshwater use in drought-prone regions and integrate combined heat and power technology into recycling pathways.
• Enable zero-waste cities and decarbonised process industry by advancing innovative technologies in combined integrated value chains.
• Sustain the governance and evolution of their ‘Industrial-Urban’ networks using advanced governance frameworks, feasibility towards financing methodologies, digital tools, social and environmental innovations, and a materials and products observatory.
• Implement new sustainable processes for the recycling of new fully biodegradable and food waste sourced bioplastic products for the complete substitution of fossil fuels.

Impacts

• To provide a circular economy model through new sustainable waste prevention and management measures that generate socio-economic improvements in the communities involved.

• Generate economic growth through efficient business practices and waste reconversion for a clean and affordable future.

• Minimise harmful effects on human health and the environment by eliminating dumping and open burning of chemicals and wastes through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse of highly polluting wastes.

• Strengthen technologies to achieve higher levels of economic productivity and reduce food waste along production and supply chains towards a more sustainable consumption and production distribution model.

• Recover energies and materials through new alternative industries and promote innovative technology loops integrating combined value chains to enable zero waste cities and a decarbonised process industry.

• Prevent and reduce water pollution to ensure greater efficiency in consumption and resource management, and promote sustainable, clean and rational infrastructures and industries.

• Mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through the recycling of municipal food waste, municipal solid wastewater and municipal construction and demolition waste.