Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

The main objective of the Upcycle Your Waste project is to accelerate the adoption of circular business cases by SMEs that transform waste flows into resources at local level. We aim to achieve this by developing, introducing and transferring knowledge, tools and facilities that enable SMEs and local authorities to make this transition.

Achievements (EN):

The Upcycle Your Waste project gathered 8 partners and 14 observer partners from The Netherlands, France, Belgium (Flanders) and the United Kingdom. The main objective of the project was to accelerate the adoption of circular business cases by SMEs to upcycle company waste into (secondary) resources at local level. Partners have jointly developed 3 different and complementary tools: a guide to waste management opportunities for SMEs, the UYW academy with different online modules to learn about upcycling and a guidance on best practice and lessons learnt that targets local authorities and business district managers. The partners are proud to confirm that 453 persons participated in the Academy. The guidance on best practice was developed at the end of the project and builds on the monitoring and evaluation activity that was undertaken throughout the project. There were 6 different pilot areas, each presenting different and complementary results regarding SME engagement in upcycling and facilitating of locally built circular initiatives. The pilots in The Hague and Kent have both gathered strong interest from the SMEs towards the end of the project. In The Hague, the project managers have opted for a more individual approach as the collective approach appeared less successful. Several successful events were hosted by Kent CC to facilitate the local connections between businesses regarding waste treatment and upcycling solutions. Both The Hague as Kent have evaluated their pilot and identified ways to continue their exchanges with the interested SMEs. In Norwich, a collective tendering approach was tested with the local businesses. This has yielded several circular business cases and structural cooperation between parties involved. The main achievement of the “Economisch Huis Ostend” pilot is that various circular initiatives were developed and supported. The success of this pilot has caused the City of Ostend to fully commit to the circular economy. In Roubaix, the project proved an opportunity to upscale small existing initiatives and launch a competition for locally implemented upcycling solutions. Roubaix has integrated the upcycle challenges in their new circular hub. OD IJmond initiated a local waste hub collecting the plastic and paper waste of 50 businesses.

Website: https://upcycleyourwaste.com/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main outputs of the Upcycle Your Waste project are: ● A guide to waste management Opportunities; ● A training and capacity building programme for SMEs; ● A guidance for upcycling for local authorities and business district managers; ● Six pilots introducing upcycling of business waste streams at local business area level. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Increase the adoption of new circular economy solutions in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Gemeente Den Haag

Department: Dienst Stadsbeheer/Duurzaamheid en Leefomgeving

Address: Spui 70, 2511 BT Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 635 609.75

ERDF budget: EUR 381 365.85

Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Zuid

Name: Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Zuid

Department: Center of Expertise in Smart Technologies

Address: Doorniksesteenweg 145, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 392 099.80

ERDF budget: EUR 235 259.88

Technische Universiteit Delft

Name: Technische Universiteit Delft

Department: Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Address: Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 168 429.30

ERDF budget: EUR 101 057.58

Kent County Council

Name: Kent County Council

Department: Sustainable Business and Communities

Address: Invicta House, ME14 1XX Maidstone, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 365 202.79

ERDF budget: EUR 219 121.68

Ville de Roubaix

Name: Ville de Roubaix

Department: Economic Department – Circular Economy

Address: 17 Grand' Place, 59066 Roubaix, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 397 330.89

ERDF budget: EUR 238 398.54

Economisch Huis Oostende

Name: Economisch Huis Oostende

Department: European Projects

Address: Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan 4, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 304 649.10

ERDF budget: EUR 182 789.47

OD IJmond

Name: OD IJmond

Address: Stationsplein 48, 1941 AP Beverwijk, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 572 738.60

ERDF budget: EUR 343 643.16

Norwich Business Improvement District Ltd

Name: Norwich Business Improvement District Ltd

Address: Kiln House, Pottergate, NR2 1 DX Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 328 103.52

ERDF budget: EUR 196 862.11

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Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Zuid

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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Technische Universiteit Delft

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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Kent County Council

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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Ville de Roubaix

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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Economisch Huis Oostende

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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OD IJmond

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

Partners and Projects info

Norwich Business Improvement District Ltd

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

Partners and Projects info

Gemeente Den Haag

Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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Summary

Project name (EN): Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

Project acronym: Upcycle Your Waste

Project start date: 2019-12-01

Project end date: 2023-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 164 163.75

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 898 498.27

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

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Upcycle Your Waste explainer video

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-06-24

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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Upcycle Your Waste - Transforming business waste flows into resources at local level

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