New HOOP Publications Released: How to Transform Urban Biowaste Management @hoop_eu How can cities better manage biowaste and promote circular bioeconomies? The HOOP project provides insights with its recently published National Action Manuals tailored for eight lighthouse cities in Europe. The manuals, which are available in the respective local languages, include guidelines on how to transform urban biowaste into valuable resources. The manuals are tailored to the unique contexts and languages of the respective lighthouse cities. The lighthouse cities serve as circular hubs where novel biowaste valorisation routes and value chains are created and tested. The HOOP project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, aims to transform how cities manage bio-waste, fostering circular economies and sustainable urban environments. The eight lighthouse cities and regions in the HOOP project are ideal grounds to make actual transformation in the urban circular bioeconomy happen. The following cities are part of the project: Almere in the Netherlands, Bergen in Norway, Münster in Germany, Kuopio in Finland, Murcia in Spain, Albano Laziale in Italy, West Macedonia in Greece, and Porto in Portugal. Each of these cities and regions face distinct challenges in biowaste management but also unique solutions. With the HOOP network, which now hosts more than 100 European cities, learning from the lighthouse cities offers a unique opportunity. To support other cities in following up, the HOOP project has created comprehensive action manuals that can serve as blueprints for local authorities and stakeholders in other cities. These manuals provide tailored solutions, leveraging local strengths and addressing specific challenges. For example, Almere’s manual focuses on innovative biowaste valorisation techniques. Bergen’s manual emphasises the creation of a “biopark” to centralise biowaste processing, fostering collaboration between start-ups and established companies in the bioeconomy sector. Murcia’s manual focuses on enhanced community engagement through “bio patrols” – trained teams that interact with residents to educate them about proper biowaste sorting and recycling. The role of the CSCP in the project is to facilitate stakeholder engagement processes in each city. By bringing key stakeholders together in different formats, such as the Biowaste Clubs, the cities had the chance to exchange and shape their interventions in collaborative ways. Overall, the HOOP project’s National Action Manuals will guide urban bio-waste management, especially in the eight target countries, showcasing how tailored solutions and collaborative efforts can drive sustainable transformation. You can download all the manuals in the respective languages from our library. For further information, please approach Felix Schumacher.