Session: The UrbanWINS project - A new way of thinking the waste management and prevention systems. Lecture: Applying the urban metabolism analyst model to Leiria municipality, Portugal

Övrigt konferensbidrag, 2018

The EU Waste Framework Directive has two key objectives: to prevent and reduce the negative impacts caused by the generation and management of
waste and to improve resource efficiency. Talking about waste and resource efficiency, Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism are two terms that have been widely used in recent years. However, their links with cities strategy and management it is not so obvious.

UrbanWINS project aims overcame this gap through the development of planning processes and strategies able to link waste prevention and management with the policies of the cities and citizens perceptions. The project, through an innovative and collaborative process, implements in 8 European Pilot Cities several dimostrative actions.