wednesday 17th march 2021
DEEP PURPLE project presented at the event “Towards a Circular Economy – Untapping the potential of biowaste: opportunities and challenges ahead”
On March 17 the webinar “Towards a Circular Economy – Untapping the potential of biowaste: opportunities and challenges ahead”, co-organised by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), was held online.
During the event the findings of the ZWE report, including success stories from industry and municipalities for biowaste collection and treatment, were presented and participants discussed opportunities and challenges, with regards to the European Waste Framework Directive obligation to separately collect biowaste by 2024.
Among the speakers Daniele Turati, Novamont R&D chemometrics and Experimental Design and Foams technology Manager, who illustrated the DEEP PURPLE EU project, of which Novamont is partner.
The aim of DEEP PURPLE, funded by the BBI JU (Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking) under Horizon 2020, is to recover valuable resources from mixed urban waste streams, namely wastewater, sewage sludge and the organic fraction of the municipal solid waste, in order to produce bio-based products.
The management of organic waste is a significant aspect of Novamont’s bioeconomy model: compostable bioplastics help to divert organic waste from landfills, allowing its transformation into compost, a soil improver and an important tool to fight soil degradation.
Over the years Novamont has also activated various partnerships to enhance the organic fraction, such as the collaboration with AMSA (Azienda Milanese Servizi Ambientali), the company that manages the collection and disposal of municipal waste in the city of Milan and ten municipalities in its Metropolitan Area, making Milan the first city in Europe with more than 1.5 million inhabitants for separate waste collection.
During the event the findings of the ZWE report, including success stories from industry and municipalities for biowaste collection and treatment, were presented and participants discussed opportunities and challenges, with regards to the European Waste Framework Directive obligation to separately collect biowaste by 2024.
Among the speakers Daniele Turati, Novamont R&D chemometrics and Experimental Design and Foams technology Manager, who illustrated the DEEP PURPLE EU project, of which Novamont is partner.
The aim of DEEP PURPLE, funded by the BBI JU (Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking) under Horizon 2020, is to recover valuable resources from mixed urban waste streams, namely wastewater, sewage sludge and the organic fraction of the municipal solid waste, in order to produce bio-based products.
The management of organic waste is a significant aspect of Novamont’s bioeconomy model: compostable bioplastics help to divert organic waste from landfills, allowing its transformation into compost, a soil improver and an important tool to fight soil degradation.
Over the years Novamont has also activated various partnerships to enhance the organic fraction, such as the collaboration with AMSA (Azienda Milanese Servizi Ambientali), the company that manages the collection and disposal of municipal waste in the city of Milan and ten municipalities in its Metropolitan Area, making Milan the first city in Europe with more than 1.5 million inhabitants for separate waste collection.