In the framework of the EWWR 2018 (European Week for Waste Reduction), on Saturday 24th morning at Bosco delle Querce park, Seveso municipality organized the award ceremony of the virtuous households. During the contest, from May to July 2018, the households’ habits on domestic waste management have been monitored. They were in charge to weight Read more about Virtuous Households awards[…]
As a Waste4Think partner, Legambiente Lombardia invites you to the II Edition of ECOFORUM: `The Circular Economy of waste´. The event will take place at Palazzo Reale of Milan on Wednesday, 28 of November 2018. During the event, there will be a networking activity between EMBRACED in which Legambiente Nazionale is a partner and Waste4Think projects, Read more about Waste4Think at the II ECOFORUM edition[…]
In the framework of the “European Week to reduce waste”, our Project pilots Seveso and Zamudio will analyze the reults of actions developed in the Project. The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) was launched as a 3-year project supported by the LIFE+ Programme of the European Commission until July 2012 and it continues taking place in Read more about Waste4Think takes part in The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)[…]
Waste4Think will be attending the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from 13-15 November. At the event, we will be joining FIWARE stand together with other several ‘Powered by FIWARE’ solutions solving city challenges, so come check FIWARE out at Stand C337. Smart City Expo World Congress exists in order to empower cities and collectivize urban Read more about Waste4Think will be at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona[…]
Different drawings show what kind of waste should be disposed of at each dustbin. In order to make waste sorting easier, dustbins for selective collection of waste are now equipped in Zamudio with information stickers that show drawings of the kinds of waste that should be disposed of in each one of them. This goes Read more about Information stickers in dustbins for selective collection of waste[…]
In the frame of the 4th Workshop of Graduates and Post-Docs in Chemical Engineering Sciences (CES-WGP4) in Patras, Greece, Ms. Konstantina Tsigkou (PhD candidate in University of Patras, Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Technology) had an oral presentation entitled “Towards Life Cycle Thinking through Valorization of Used Disposable Nappies and Expired Food Products for Read more about Waste4Think latest results in valorization of used disposable nappies and expired food products presented in Patras, Greece[…]
Waste4Think has participated in the side events organized by EASME EU Going Global: Innovative Solutions for Circular Services on 23rd and 24th October 2018 in Yokohama (Japan). During these days DeustoTech, coordinator of the project ,and Softline, SME participating in the project have shown the solutions that Waste4Think is developing in the field of Circular Economy. Read more about Waste4Think in 2018 World Circular Economy Forum[…]
Young people and adults took part in the costume contest and made their own costumes using waste materials, as recommended by organisers. Tradition and commitment to environment sustainability were once again united in the celebration of Arimen Gaua, on October 31st. Children and adults who took part in the costume contest, as had been recommended Read more about Tradition, at the forefront of the second edition of ‘Arimen Gaua’[…]
Within the framework of the work carried out by the University of Deusto (http://www.deusto.es/) on the social impact of research, a series of research projects with high potential for social impact are selected annually, and from these, the so-called Deusto Social Impact Briefings (DSIB) are prepared and published as short monographs. They are aimed at Read more about University of Deusto publishes a Deusto Social Impact Briefing about Waste4Think[…]
Today there is a trend to use IoT technology to improve waste management by providing electronics systems to monitor the bin filling level or to identify the user of the container. In some localities, pay-as-you-throw systems are based on the volume: residents are charged for each bag or can of waste generated. Here, the communication Read more about IoT-based municipal waste management and W4T experience[…]