Presentation by Oihane Kamara Esteban Research Assistant at Tecnológico Fundación DEUSTO FIWARE Tech Summit 28-29 November, 2017 Malaga, Spain

1. Waste4Think: Evolving waste management to support
circular economy
Oihane Kamara-Esteban, Ander Pijoan, Ainhoa Alonso-Vicario
DeustoTech – Fundación Deusto, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao,
Spain)
{oihane.esteban, ander.pijoan, ainhoa.alonso}@deusto.es

2. Waste generation in the EU
1
In 2014, the highest levels of waste generation were
recorded for water and waste services, for households
and for manufacturing activities (208 million tonnes, 204
million tonnes and 184 million tonnes).

3. Waste generation in the EU
2
9% residential
origin
475 kg
person/year

4. Waste generation in the EU
3
9% residential
origin
475 kg
person/year
75% food
waste
can be
avoided

5. Waste generation in the EU
4
9% residential
origin
475 kg
person/year
75% food
waste
can be
avoided
80 Mtons of
recyclable
material is wasted

6. Waste generation in the EU
5
CHALLENGES
Improve the waste management not only in economic terms but also
considering the environmental impact.

7. Waste generation in the EU
6
CHALLENGES
Improve the waste management not only in economic terms but also
considering the environmental impact.
BARRIERS
Lack of reliable information for the decision making.
Lack of tools for the communication of actors along the value chain.

8. The main objective of this project is to provide a solution that moves forward the
current waste management practices into a circular economy motto,
demonstrating the value of integrating and validating a set of 20 eco-innovative
solutions that cover all the waste value chain. The benefits of these solutions will
be enhanced by a holistic waste data management methodology, and will be
demonstrated in 4 complementary urban areas in Europe.
4 European countries:
• Cascais (C) - Portugal
• Zamudio (Z) - Spain
• Seveso (S) - Italy
• Halandri (H) - Greece
Waste4Think: Objective

9. Waste4Think: Ecosolutions

10. Waste4Think: Pilots
Industrial Business Residential Coastal

11. Waste4Think: Specific Objectives
Reduce waste generation.
Improve integral waste management services.
Promote long-term behavioural changes.
Eliminate primary waste in landfills.
Eco-innovative solutions: transferability to market.

12. 7 European countries
• Spain (6)
• Greece (5)
• Italy (5)
• Germany (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Portugal (1)
Waste4Think: Consortium

13. Sens
or
Layer
Waste4Think: Logical Architecture

14. Middlewar
e
Layer
Waste4Think: Logical Architecture

15. Servic
e
Layer
Waste4Think: Logical Architecture

16. Waste4Think: Waste Management Data Model
Extended FIWARE Waste Management
Data Model:
• Define every posible configuration of
the waste collection systems (type of
containers, number of sorting
categories, KPIs to measure the
system).
• In process of approval.

17. 20% increase in
waste sorting
10% saving in
management costs
10% reduction of
GHG emissionsSynergies among the
partners
Build a virtual city
that integrates all
the solutions
8% reduction of
waste generation
Waste diverted to landfill
around a 23% of
reduction
Waste4Think: Expected Results

18. Waste4Think: Business Model
We are reaching a breaking point in terms of waste generation.
There is a pressing need to provide efficient waste management systems that
integrate all entities involved.
This is an ongoing project. By 2019, the solution will be fully implemented in the
four pilot sites.
The solution can be fully extended to any municipality and any type of waste
collection system.

19. Thank you!
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20. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement 688995.
The dissemination of results herein reflects only the author’s view and the European
Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it
contains.