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UNITED CIRCLES: Networked industrial-urban symbiosis value chain demonstrators for biomaterials, C&DW, circular water loops & WWTPs, driven by Hubs 4 Circularity
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About project
United Circles supports and accelerates the transition towards a decarbonized, waste-free future characterized by closed resource cycles. Through an innovative and problem-solving-oriented circularity culture, the project aims to enhance the transformation of urban waste into resources, integrating sustainable processes between process industries and cities.
The initiative is part of the Processes4Planet program, developed through the public-private partnership between A.SPIRE and the European Commission, by creating seven Hubs for Circularity (H4C) in seven EU and non-EU regions. Three of these will implement advanced demonstrators (TRL7) to innovate production chains in the field of Industrial-Urban Symbiosis, laying the foundation for a network of institutionalized, collaborative, and self-sufficient hubs. The experience gained and the models developed will then be replicated in the four mirroring hubs.
By contributing to making the construction sector, wastewater treatment sector, and biorefining sector completely circular, United Circles is the driving force behind a real change towards a sustainable and integrated industry, ready to lead Europe towards a future that does not compromise the environment.
Details
Project in progress
Program: Horizon Europe GA n. 101178798
Theme: #Bio-basedProducts, #CircularEconomy, #Governance and Funding Methods, #Industrial-Urban Symbiosis, #Up-scaling
Start
November 2024
End
September 2028
Project objectives
Creation of Hubs for Circularity to promote Industrial-Urban Symbiosis through the upcycling of waste into resources
Develop institutional and governance frameworks to promote a culture of circularity.
Develop methodologies, digital decision-support tools, and social innovations for the Hubs for Circularity.
Expand the H4C value chain and replicate the management and analysis model developed by the project in the Mirroring Hubs, Seed Hubs, and beyond United Circles.
Concrete Actions
- Development of 15 innovative technologies from technology readiness level (TRL) 5 to TRL 7 in integrated value chains, promoting zero-waste cities and a circular and decarbonized process industry.
- Production of 10 upcycled resources: cement, CBPB, PIR foam, bio-products, biochar, biostimulants, water, syngas, toilet paper, biofuels.
- Expansion and promotion of the international Processes4Planet network through the creation of 3 + 4 Hubs for Circularity.
- Development and/or refinement of six digital tools to facilitate and support the development of the IUS network and the building of its community.
- Mapping of industry standards through the creation of a standardization toolkit.
- Transfer of project results to the market through the proposal of a European pre-standardization document (CWA) concerning the methodology for analysis, management, and development of the H4C Feasibility towards Financing (F2F).
Project partners
45 EU and non-EU partners, including companies, research centers, universities, public bodies, and international organizations.
The project is co-funded by the European Research & Innovation Programme Horizon Europe under Grant Agreement no. 101178798
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