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WP2: Regional Booster Toolkit
Author: Katarzyna Woźniak The circular economy is a concept that aims at the rational use of resources and at the limitation of negative environmental impact of produced products. The implementation of the circular economy in the region in turn, must be understood as...
WP2: Regional Booster Mapping
Authors: Patrícia Moura, Ana Eusébio, Lídia Quental & Pedro Patinha The FRONTSH1P Digital Platform for collecting and sharing data on waste, its producers, recycling technologies, and local stakeholders aims to build a network of technological, economic, social,...
WP2: Developing a Regional Circular Economy Governance Model – Defining Circular Regional Clusters
Authors: Adamus Jagoda, Chądzyński Jacek, Justyna Trippner-Hrabi & Przygodzki Zbigniew An important task in WP2 and the whole FRONTSH1P project is the definition of an effective policy framework and governance model for the regional circular cluster to be...
WP2: the Regional Systemic Circular Economy Approach
Authors: Ewa Kochańska, Agnieszka Nowaczyk & Iwona Adamkiewicz This article presents to you work package 2 of FRONTSH1P, which formally involves 24 partners – although in fact all 34 partners of the project will be involved in the implementation of the work...
CSS4: K-FLEX’s approach for a circular economy system
Author: Michele Andolfo K-FLEX is leading the WP6 that will focus on the polymer sector. Plastics are heavily used in our day-by-day world and are one of the pillars of the wellness generated. The lightweight, high mechanical performance and cheap raw material and...
CSS3: A circular systemic solution for cleaning and reusing liquid and gaseous wastes using microalgae
Author: Alberto Reis Water covers more than 70% of the Earth, but only 3% of the planet’s water is freshwater, and less than one third of it is potentially available for human purposes. Moreover, due to the demographic explosion, increased agriculture,...
CSS2: Regional agro-industrial waste as new resources: Novamont’s contribution within the H2020 Frontsh1p project
Author: Daniele Turati Novamont is an Italian industrial company, leader in the bioplastics sector and in the development of biochemicals and bioproducts from renewable origins through the integration of chemistry and agriculture. This is done by starting up...
CSS1: The cruise of wood packaging residues: once a waste, now a resource
Authors: Francesco Patuzzi, Marco Baratieri & Vittoria Benedetti Wood is one of the most common materials used in industry for packaging mainly due to its versatility, strength, durability, reusability, antibacterial effects, no need of chemical treatments and...
Circular and Innovative Cities: Opportunities for Inclusive Development and Technology Transfer
The event "All we want for Christmas is a circular world" organised by Stam on 14 December 2021, as part of Frontsh1p Project funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Green Deal Horizon 2020 call (G.A. n° 101037031), allowed us to address several...
Steering the Circular Economy Ship towards a Sustainable Future for the Łódzkie Region
Authors: Giacomo Frisanco & Jerome Friedrichs The Project: Last November, 34 project partners from 9 European countries got together in the cities of Uniejów and Łódz, Poland, for the kick-off meeting of the FRONTSH1P project. In the upcoming four years, FRONTSH1P...