Law 8/2019, February 19th, of waste and contaminated soils of the Balearic Islands
Reducing the amount of waste generated at source is regarded as the higher priority according to the waste hierarchy established in the Waste Framework Directive
Waste prevention
Sustainable waste management
Law
Balearic Islands, Spain
Public Authority/ies (Regional): Govern de les Illes Balears
Waste Management
Others
Coop - Green Cluster
COOP-Green Cluster is the new initiative by AKTI Project and Research Centre, created to utilize the potential arising from dynamic inter-firm collaboration
Cluster
Collaboration
Synergies
Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus
NGO(s)
75,000.00 €
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
Urban Innovative Actions -A2UF
A2UFood proposes a holistic management scheme in which all aspects of reduction, reuse, and recycling of food waste are included
Holistic Approach
Food waste
Urban Environment
Municipality of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Public Authority/ies (Local)
500,000.00 €
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
Zero Waste Future program in CY
Recovery and recycling of the most common marine litter items are important steps in halting the inflow of items into the marine environment and are also critical first steps in promoting the Circular Economy. Recovery and recycling are particularly critical in island countries, such as Cyprus.
Recovery and recycling of marine litter
zero waste beaches
zero waste cities
Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus
250,000.00 €
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
TIGANOKINISI: turning domestic used cooking oil into biofuel
Tiganokinisi, an educational, environmental programme which focuses on the collection and recycling of used cooking oil, has been successfully applied in more than 400 education units all over Cyprus.
Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus
150,000.00 €
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
Collection of household food waste at the source and its valorization for the production of bioCNG
Collection of household food waste at the source and its valorization for the production of bioCNG (compressed natural gas) to fuel the collection trucks and the generation of compost from the digestate.
Food waste
Anaerobic digestion
Composting
Biogas
Halandri, Greece
Public Authority/ies (Local): Halandri Municipality
455,000.00 €
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
Zero Beach
Zero Beach project aims at promoting the application of zero waste strategies at the beaches along the coast of Catalonia.
Recovery and recycling of marine litter
Plastic
Cigarettes
Catalonia, Spain
NGO(s)
Waste Management
Tools and methodologies
Guidelines for more sustainable caterings
These guidelines are a useful material for catering companies, restaurants and hotels, who wish to make a step towards the decrease of food waste and the increase of their sustainability in all the aspects of the value chain.
Sustainable catering
Food leftovers
Food waste
Food value chain
Catalonia, Spain
NGO(s): Plataforma Salvem els aliments
Waste Management
Policy Instrument
National Strategy of Integrated Waste Management
The strategy is the main planned document in the field of the municipal, non-municipal and hazardous waste management in Albania.
Law
Directive
Waste streams
Negative Impact
Development approach
Tirana, Albania
Public Authority/ies (National): Albanian Government, Public Authority/ies (Local): Lezha Municipality, Public Authority/ies (Local): Durres Municipality, Public Authority/ies (Local): Berat Municipality, Public Authority/ies (Local): Tirana Municipality, Public Authority/ies (Local): Himara Municipality, Public Authority/ies (Local): Fier Municipality
88,000,000 € Annum
Waste Management
Others
Waste Prevention Program
Measures to reduce waste production. The program aims to reduce waste production through a different number of measures.
Prevention/Reduction
Reusing/Recycling
Promotion of circular economy
Awareness
Palma, Spain
Public Authority/ies (Local): Environmental Councilor
A network of street drinking water fountains with water bottles distribution to reduce single use plastic from bottled mineral water
Being conscious that the amount of single use plastic bottles which generate local and tourist people in a normal day, but mainly during summer, our local pilot project aims to develop a network of street water fountains along the city (the main focus in tourist areas) together with the distribution of water bottles (in hotels, shops, restaurants, etc).
Rethymno, Crete
Greece
Waste Management
Concrete solutions
Promoting recycling on frontal coast
Rethymno Municipality as a tourist destination is interested in further promoting recycling and enhancing this mentality. Therefore, Rethymno is keen to place waste bins along the municipal beaches and replace the existing on the coastal front.
Best practices
Pilot sites