Italia-Croatia

Introduction

In this section you can find all the deliverables produced by AWASTER project.

Circular economy - current state analysis

To analyse circular economy approaches, enhance the exchange of experience and use the best 
practices project developed guidelines, Joint Strategy and Action Plan on sustainable use of resources aiming to minimize waste generation. The final output achieved is The Joint Strategy and Action plan on sustainable use of resources by the adoption of circular economy principles.

Regional background analysis

The Regional Background Analysis actiivity focuses on assessing waste management processes and the regional secondary market in the project’s target areas: Istrian, Split-Dalmatia, and Dubrovnik-Neretva counties, as well as Veneto and Apulia regions.

Regional waste management report

Primary analysis of waste management services in the partner's regions. The report assesses the quantity and composition of collected waste, waste collection schemes, seasonality and lists existing waste prevention policies. Deliverable consists of 5 regional reports.

Regional secondary market report

The report assesses the functionality of secondary raw material (SRM) markets in partner regions. It contains information on the supply and demand side of the market and detects challenges. The Deliverable consists of 5 regional reports.

Sustainable resources use guidelines

Building on the preliminary results of circular economy analyses, project partners developed Sustainable resources use guideline to enhance knowledge on waste management, recycling and reuse.

Guidelines for early adoption of circular economy models

The aim of the guidelines is to establish procedures and collect relevant educational materials to improve the consumer and economy sector knowledge base on waste collection managing, recycling and promotion of waste reuse.

Guidelines for low resource economy

Guidelines addressed to the economy sector to promote green growth through a resource-efficient economy. The aim is to enhance resource productivity and promote the implementation of the reduce, reuse and recycle principles in their regular activities.

Joint Strategy and Action Plan development

Joint Strategy is developed on the basis of the regional analysis and detection of cross-border challenges to improve the sustainable use of resources and promote adoption of circular economy principles. The Strategy is translated into actions by joint development of the Action Plan.

Joint Strategy on sustainable use of resources by the adoption of circular-economy principles

Jointly developed Strategy and Action Plan aim to foster sustainable use of resources and promote the adoption of circular economy principles by organisation of educational courses and the exchange of experience in the Italy- Croatia coastal areas. The Strategy analyses the needs and designs the process, while the Action Plan details conditions, solutions and skills necessary to organise raising awareness activities.

Best practice catalogue

Overview of best practices regarding circular economy principles and approaches from inside and outside of the programme area.

Joint Action Plan implementation

To conduct educational and training courses aiming to raise awareness and improve the knowledge 
base on the reduce-reuse-recycle circular economy approach and to test innovative solutions on 
reusing the collected waste and promote low resource schemes through pilot actions project developed waste footprint app, educational activities in schools, child to parent transfer of knowledge, pilot actions, educational workshops for economy sector and joint training program.

The final outputs achieved are:

1. AWASTER pilot actions jointly developed and implemented 
2. AWASTER solution on reusing and promoting low resource schemes

Low resource economy schemes

The activity aims to raise awareness in the manufacturing and tourism sectors by promoting business schemes that enhance resource productivity while reducing environmental impact. Two regional educational workshops focused on sustainable business models that minimize costs through innovative product and process designs. Post-workshop surveys assesses their impact on economic entities. Additionally, a pilot action tested low-resource economy schemes by organizing waste-free events, integrating cross-border best practices and EcoLab innovations. 

AWASTER Joint training program

The AWASTER joint training program (AW-JT) aims to enhance knowledge on sustainable resource use by building on the developed guidelines and insights from previous educational workshops.

Results, capitalization and transferring

To ensure capitalisation and transfer of project results project developed recommendations and 
guidelines and organised Final International Conference to disseminate project results and promote 
the implementation of the circular economy approach.

The final output project acheieved is:

• AWASTER Final International Conference.

Recommendations for future proceedings

The activity compiles results and lessons learned from cross-border collaboration into a set of recommendations for implementing circular economy principles in everyday practices. Activity focuses on educational institutions by promoting waste reduction through behavior change in students and their households, as well as on companies by encouraging a shift from a take-make-dispose approach to a reduce-reuse-recycle mindset.