VII BALTIC BIOGAS AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY FORUM
VII Baltic Biogas and Circular Economy Forum was held on September 22-23, 2020 and related to the use of circular economy and waste biomass
(including agricultural, aquatic and biodegradable municipal waste, poultry industry waste and lignocellulosic waste) for energy generation
through the application of biogas and other alternative fuels, especially when integrated with co-generation systems.
The goal of the Baltic Biogas Forum was exchange of experiences related to renewable energy, particular biogas technologies.
Attention! The photo of the conference room comes from the previous edition of the Forum. Due to the development of the epidemiological situation in Poland, the Forum was held only on the Internet.
The Nowa Karczma commune, which is one of the project partners of the WASTEMAN project, presented that in recent years the amount of waste collected from the inhabitants of the Nowa Karczma commune
has been growing steadily. In 2019 the amount of municipal waste collected was 236 kg/ year per capita.
Around the world, waste generation rates are rising. In 2016, the worlds’ cities generated 2.01 billion tonnes of solid waste,
amounting to a footprint of 0.74 kilograms per person per day. With rapid population growth and urbanization, annual waste generation is expected to increase by 70% from 2016 levels to 3.40 billion tonnes in 2050.
Education is one of the elements of implementing a circular economy that contributes to increasing the durability of products and their optimization in terms of being easy to repair and
reuse and to reducing the consumption and waste of natural resources. Education will help to make peoplr aware that through their choices the inhibitants of municipalities can support or
inhibit the auccesfull transition to a circular economy. Therefore it is crucial to raise the awareness of residents and increase their proactive role and behaviour in implementing the circular economy.
