Hub of circular cities boosting platform to foster investments for the valorisation of urban biowaste and wastewater


Title of the project: Hub of circular cities boosting platform to foster investments for the valorisation of urban biowaste and wastewater

Acronym: HOOP

Funding source: Horizon 2020

Implementation period: 2020 - 2024

Stakeholders involved: Changing an entire (bio)waste value chain requires the buy-in and commitment of all stakeholders involved, across the quadruple helix of industry and business, the scientific community, political and societal actors.

Bio-based sector: Urban biowaste and wastewater

Short description: 

The HOOP project supports 8 lighthouse cities and  regions in developing large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives that will focus on making bio-based products from urban biowaste and wastewater. The HOOP Urban Circular Bioeconomy Hub will create an online platform to foster knowledge exchange and replication in cities and regions across Europe. HOOP will provide Project Development Assistance (PDA) to Albano-Laziale (Italy), Almere (The Netherlands), Bergen (Norway), Kuopio (Finland), Münster (Germany), Murcia (Spain), Greater Porto (Portugal), and Western Macedonia (Greece).

Link to the website: https://hoopproject.eu