Our goal is to develop an integrated system of sustainable waste management (ISWM) for use in the South Baltic area, which will ensure efficient waste recycling based on circular economy in accordance with the guidelines of the European Union.
Circular economy is a renewable and self-healing system designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate the amount of unused waste generated in the economy, its aim is to re-involve waste into the cycle in an effective way often in a different form.
The European Union has developed guidelines that show that by 2025 55% of municipal waste has to be re-used and by 2035 the amount of waste landfilled can not exceed 10% of generated waste.
We analyze methods and techniques of waste management in three neighboring countries in Poland, Denmark and Lithuania, taking into account local conditions and experiences in order to create a unified ISWM program that will facilitate the achievement of EU objectives in the neighboring regions of the South Baltic.
We test new and innovative ideas and create experiments based on Living Labs in the area of the island of Bornholm (Denmark) in the EKO-Valley in Gdynia and in Lubań in the municipality of Nowa Karczma, where Educational Path will be located- we take into account local social and technological conditions in municipal waste management.
We will prepare practical tools to facilitate the implementation of ISWM in the cross-border regions of the South Baltic, such as: Design Manual, User Application, Management Handbook that will be used by all stakeholders of the waste management process like: municipal organizations, residents, NGO associations, entrepreneurs, etc.
We conduct cross-border activities, such as study visits, thematic workshops like for instance: food waste management in the food waste loop, etc., which strengthen the ability to understand and unify solutions for all Wasteman partners.