My speech during the Advanced Training Course focused on Emerging Biotechnologies for Sustainable Waste Management and Biorefinery Development. 5th April 2016

1.  APRE 2013
www.apre.it
The H2020 dimension of
the Waste

2. Summary
• About me
• About my organization
• Horizon 2020
• Waste in Europe
• Waste in Horizon 2020

3. About me…
Matteo Di Rosa
• Bechelor Degree in Natural Science
• Master Degree in Communication and Fundraising
• H2020 NCP - Climate Action, Environment, Resource
Efficiency and Raw Materials (SC5)
• H2020 NCP - Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and
Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and
the Bioeconomy (SC2)
• Project Management
• Trainer in Proposal Writing and How to maximize the
impact of the proposal

4. About me…
www.apre.it
dirosa@apre.it
Via Cavour 71, Roma
https://www.facebook.com/APRE.eu
http://it.linkedin.com/in/dirosamatteo/
https://twitter.com/dirosamatteo
https://www.facebook.com/matteo.dirosa
https://www.google.com/+MatteoDiRosa82
http://instagram.com/matteodrs
www.matteodirosa.it

5. MISSION
 Promoting and supporting Italian participation to the EU
Research and Innovation programmes (R&I)
 Improve the “Quality” of the Italian participation in
European programmes for R&I.
Italian non-profit research organisation
1989- created as a “Task Force” of the Ministry
of Education, University and Research
25 years of
experience
About my organization…

6. About my organizations…

7. APRE
Industrial
Associations
Chambers of
Commerce
Scientific
centers
Universities
Research
Centres
Public
Entities
Finance
More than 100 members
55 Universities
41 Public and Private Research organisations
3 Financial organisations
4 Chambers of Commerce
4 Science Parks
8 Public Authorities
4 Trade Associations
About my organizations…

8. European
Commission
European
Parliament
Italian
Representative
Office in
Belgium
Programme
Committees
Ministry of
University
and
Research
APRE
(NCP)
Ministry of
Economic
Development
Ministry of
Agriculture,
Food and
Forestry
Ministry of
Environment,
Protection of
Land and Sea
Regions
About my organizations…

10. Initial Commission proposal for a €80 billion research and
innovation funding programme (2014-2020); now just over
€70 billion (79 billion in current prices including inflation)

15. Horizon 2020 programme sections
Excellent science
• European Research Council
• Future and Emerging Technologies
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
• European Research Infrastructures,
including e-Infrastructures
Industrial leadership
• Leadership in enabling and industrial
technologies
• Information and Communication
Technologies
• Nanotechnologies, Advanced
Materials, Advanced
Manufacturing and Processing, and
Biotechnology
• Space
• Access to risk finance
• Innovation in SMEs
• The SME Instrument
• The Eurostars programme
Societal challenges
• Health, demographic change and
wellbeing
• Food security, sustainable agriculture
and forestry, marine and maritime
and inland water research and the
bioeconomy
• Secure, clean and efficient energy
• Smart, green and integrated
transport
• Climate action, environment,
resource efficiency and raw materials
• Europe in a changing world -
inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies
• Secure societies - protecting freedom
and security of Europe and its
citizens.
Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (2015-2016)
Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Science with and for Society
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Euratom

16. Societal Challenge 5
One of the main focus areas of the "Climate action,
environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
Challenge" in Horizon 2020 is waste. In this
context, the main concern is to support the
transition towards a more circular economy, where
the waste generated in one industry becomes a
secondary raw material for another industry.
This transition will generate growth and jobs, while
contributing to environmental protection and
reducing Europe's dependency on raw material
imports.

17. European waste overview
Figure 1: Waste generation by economic activities and households, EU-28, 2012

18. European waste overview
Figure 2: Waste generation, 2012
(kg per inhabitant)

19. European waste overview
Figure 3: Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, 2004 and 2012
(kg per inhabitant)

20. European waste overview
Figure 4. Total waste generated, 2010 and 2012
(thousand tonnes)

21. Waste European overview
Figure 5: Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, EU-28, 2004–12
(million tonnes)

22. Waste European overview
Figure 6: Hazardous waste generation, 2004 and 2012 (¹)
(kg per inhabitant)

23. Waste European overview
Figure 7: Development of waste treatment in the EU-28, 2004–12
(million tonnes)

24. European waste overview
Figure 8: Waste treatment, 2012
(thousand tonnes)

25. …Seventh Framework Programme
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
ECO-INNOVATION
well covered by
EU RTD&I Programmes
• 2010 "Innovative system solutions for municipal sludge
treatment & management"
• 2011/2012 'Eco-innovation' & 'Improving resource
efficiency' -> 100 M€
• 2013 'Turning waste into a resource' & 'Eco-innovative
Demonstration Projects' -> 50 M€

26. H2020… call SC5 2014-2015
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
and ECO INNOVATION
are part of
CURRENT RTD&I AGENDA
…HORIZON 2020
• 1. WASTE 131 M€
• 2. WATER 163 M€
• 3. SMEs 36 M€
• Research & Innovation Actions
• Market up take, Demonstration,
Prototyping
• Public Procurement
• SMEs Instrument
• Support to JPIs
• Support to PPPs

27. H2020-SC5 WP 2014-2015
The major research and action areas covered by the waste
priority:
• addressing the shift towards a circular economy through
industrial symbiosis
• developing a system approach for the reduction recycling
and reuse of food waste
• encouraging the recycling of raw materials from products
and buildings
• moving towards near-zero waste at European and global
level and
• preparing and promoting innovation procurement for
resource efficiency

28. H2020 WP 2016-2017…
NEED to GO BEYOND
ECO-INNOVATION
SYSTEMIC APPROACH
A circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design,
and aims at keeping products, components, and materials at
their highest utility and value at all times.

31. The principles of a circular economy
• Principle 1: Preserve and enhance natural capital
• ...by controlling finite stocks and balancing renewable
resource flows.
• Principle 2: Optimise resource yields
• ...by circulating products, components, and materials at
the highest utility.
• Principle 3: Foster system effectiveness
• ...by revealing and designing out negative externalities.

32. EU action plan for the Circular Economy
The implementation of Circular Economy requires revision of the existing legislation on
waste, including packaging waste electronic and electrical waste, batteries, end-of-life
vehicles and landfill . Key elements of the revised waste proposal include:
• A common EU target for recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2030;
• A common EU target for recycling 75% of packaging waste by 2030;
• A binding landfill target to reduce landfill to maximum of 10% of all waste by 2030;
• A ban on landfilling of separately collected waste;
• Promotion of economic instruments to discourage landfilling ;
• Simplified and improved definitions and harmonised calculation methods for
recycling rates throughout the EU;
• Concrete measures to promote re-use and stimulate industrial symbiosis - turning
one industry's by-product into another industry's raw material;
• Economic incentives for producers to put greener products on the market and
support recovery and recycling schemes (eg for packaging, batteries, electric and
electronic equipments, vehicles).
ENABLING FRAMEWORK

33. CIRCULAR ECONOMY requires RTD&I
• WP 2016-2017 FOCUS AREA 'Industry 2020 in
the Circular Economy'
All kinds of innovation are
funded
• Disruptive
• Technological
• Organisational
• Social
• Financial
• Regulatory, etc …need for
demonstrators

34. CIRCULAR ECONOMY requires STAKEHOLDER
INVOLVEMENT
Reinforced role of
• EIPs ( European Innovation Partnerships)EIP WATER,
EIP-AGRI, EIP RAW MATERIALS
• JPIs ( Joint Programming Initiatives) JPI Water, FACE
• PPPs ( public private partnerships) such as SPIRE
• TPs( Technology Platforms) such as WssTPs
Use of
• Public Consultations
• Multistakeholders platforms such as ESPP
• Involvement of Policy makers, end-users,
municipalities, etc.

35. CIRCULAR ECONOMY requires
FUNDING INSTRUMENTS
• Beyond HORIZON 2020 - WP 2016-2017
FOCUS AREA 'Industry 2020 in the Circular
Economy
• InnovFIN for Circular Economy (EIB)
• LIFE, COSME
• ESIF ( European Structural and Investment
Fund)

36. Circular
Economy
Rethink
Reuse Redesign
Recycle

37. • Thank you for you attention
• Matteo