• Start date: Jun 01, 2016
  • Institution:
    List can be found here https://www.urbanwins.eu/the-consortium/
  • E-mail:
    info@urbanwins.eu
  • Project website

UrbanWins

UrbanWINS is a European project funded by the Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020 that studies how cities consume resources and products, and how they eliminate the waste produced, in order to develop and test innovative plans and solutions aimed at improving waste prevention and management.

Launched in June 2016, the project analyses current strategies for waste prevention and management in a total of 24 cities and assesses how they contribute towards resilience and resource efficiency. The project follows the urban metabolism approach, in which cities are considered living organisms that use natural resources and create a flow of materials and energies. The results are used to define objectives and indicators of the Strategic Plans for Waste Prevention and Management in the eight pilot cities. Active participation from citizens, governments, organisations, suppliers, research institutes and educational centres is an essential part of the project, through physical and online urban agoras in the eight pilot cities, where participants share opinions, discuss ideas and plan solutions. The participatory approach is an added value of UrbanWINS, as the vision of all relevant players for waste production and management at urban level are taken into account to co-develop new strategies and co-test innovative solutions. Recommendations and tools will be transferable to other urban contexts. The final outcome of the project will be a toolkit for participatory and science-based decision-making and planning for waste management that can be applied in any public authority across Europe. This three-year project is co-ordinated by the Municipality of Cremona, in partnership with 26 partners.

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