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The URBAN-WASTE Charter of Commitments, launched in January this year and recently adopted by the BLUEISLANDS, a European Interreg-Med project on effects of the seasonal variation of waste generation on Mediterranean islands, received special attention at BLUEISLANDS’ conference titled “Towards a circular economy and sustainable tourism on islands” with several Members of the European parliament and representatives of theRead more

How much are tourism service providers together with food and accommodation providers aware of tourism’s impact on environmental and waste management in particular, what is their role in making tourism more sustainable and how to do it? The next URBAN-WASTE webinar, 2nd of the series of 6 will look into these on 19 April atRead more

Carlos Diaz, on behalf of the URBAN-WASTE project and the governemnt of the Canary Islands will present the project and share its outcomes and good practices at the “Circular Economy and Sustainable Tourism Day: IntraTEAM Project” event today in Adeje on the island of Tenerife.

The municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel will be the host of the 7th Mutual Learning event and the accompanying Municipality Forum within the URBAN-WASTE project framework.

As the URBAN-WASTE project advances with concrete measures and actions being implemented, gender mainstreaming is getting its special focus as something that will be an essential part of these measures and actions.

With five directors, vice-mayors and other representatives, more than 25 participants from the URBAN-WASTE pilot cities and regions, as well as project consortium members and a coverage by half a dozen different media and press, one could easily claim the 6th Mutual Learning event in Nice an absolute success and an important milestone.

The year 2018 kicked of in style for the URBAN-WASTE project as it saw the launch of the long awaited Charter of Commitments for Sustainable Resource Management and Circular Economy during the Mutual Learning event held in Nice this week.

The URBAN-WASTE project will put forth its Charter of Commitment next month. On 24 January 2018, the next Mutual Learning Event, titled “Food Waste: How to face it?” will be held in Nice, where the URBAN-WASTE Charter of Commitment will be presented.

One of the key outcomes of this Horizon 2020 project is the long awaited mobile app named WasteApp which enables tourists in 11 pilot cities and regions to maintain their good waste separation manners and contribute to overall efforts of these 11 pilots in waste prevention and management.

The 2nd URBAN-WASTE webinar’s title “Waste and tourism: how to set a participative approach?” will be at the same time the key question our speakers will try to address on 30 November 2017.