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A new application for mobile phones Eco Island was released in June on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores.

The first event presenting the URBAN-WASTE project’s Community of Practices in Ponta Delgada and engaging local stakeholders was an absolute success.

The first Community of Practices event within the project framework was held on 1 April in Copenhagen, organised by the Municipality of Copenhagen which now deserves the title of the icebreaker, as the other 11 pilot cities and regions are in the middle of organising theirs.

The Dubrivnik – Neretva county’s development agency, DUNEA, has organised two Community of Practices events in the two largest cities of the county – Dubrovnik and Metković.

The Ponta Delgada Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds another edition of the Lar Campo e Mar Fair from 19 May to 25 May in Portas do Mar in Ponta Delgada.

URBAN-WASTE was presented to a wide public of experts and municipality authorities at the conference “Zero Waste: Waste Management and Circular Economy” in occasion of the International Fair “Progetto Comfort”.

Quadrifoglio, the waste operator for the city of Florence, and Giuseppe Ponzini on its behalf presented Florence’s waste management practices and operations related to waste deposits during a thematic seminar in Porto, on 9 March.

In Tenerife, another initiative aims at improving waste management. It is the “Plan 70/20”, which aims at achieving by 2020 a reuse and recycling rate of 70% of the waste generated in the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz.

Lisbon has made a commitment at the end of the previous year and by signing a partnership agreement for implementation of the URBAN-WASTE project, declared its intentions to reduce waste generation.

Santander is processing the first disciplinary proceedings for violating the public cleanliness ordinance.