RES URBIS project

| Subject: International Relations, Waste

Generation of bioplastics from the municipal organic fraction

Imatge de la notícia

From 26 to 29 November the Area of Waste Prevention and Management Services of AMB will take part in the National Congress of the Environment, CONAMA, in Madrid, to present some of the projects in which it participates in the field of the environment and waste management.

One of these projects is RES URBIS (RESources from URban Bio-waste). To make it visible, a technical article has been written and will be published on the congress website with written communications from other projects, researches and initiatives developed in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean about environmental subjects.

RES URBIS, from the municipal organic fraction to bioplastics

The RES URBIS project, funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 Program, aims to develop an innovative technology sector for the integrated treatment of various municipal organic waste in order to obtain bioplastics. These technologies will allow to transform the large amount of organic matter generated by cities in useful products of high market value and with positive impacts on the environment, the economy and green employment.

This purpose is to be achieved through the collection and analysis of data about the production of urban organic waste, its characteristics and current management systems in four selected territorial groups: Barcelona Metropolitan Area, the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, the Province of Trento, and South Wales. The project includes the realization of several pilot plants for the optimum production of bioplastic that will be used for packaging, biodegradable plastic bags and other goods, like electronic devices. Another possible application of this biproduct will be in the environmental remediation of the subsoil.

The RES URBIS project, led by the La Sapienza University in Rome, with 21 collaborators (one of them, the AMB) and 8 member states, started in January 2017 and is expected to end in early 2020, with an approximate global budget of 3 M €.

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