Cluster 6: Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01), 9 calls open

A systemic and science-based circular transition with the help of research, innovation and investments will address all issues from material selection and product design via resource efficiency along the value chain to an optimised after-use system, incorporating reuse, repair and upgrade, refurbishment, remanufacturing, collection, sorting and new forms of recycling and upcycling also to improve the waste cycle management. It will tackle all barriers and mobilise all key stakeholders. The development of definitions, taxonomies, indicators and targets will inform and support policy and decision making. The use of advanced life cycle methods such as the European Commission Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), data and information will enable economic actors, including consumers, to make sustainable choices. The development and deployment of specific technological and non-technological circular solutions, including new business models, will cover intra- and inter-value chain collaboration between economic actors. The development of a working after-use system for plastic-based products, incorporating reuse, collection, sorting, and recycling technologies will provide insights into the transition towards a circular economy for key material flows including plastics. The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)[[https://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index.cfm?pg=circular]] under the European Circular Economy Action Plan will expand the circular economy concept beyond traditional resource recovery in waste and water sectors and support the implementation, demonstration and replication of systemic circular solutions for the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy at local and regional scale. Water use will be tackled from a circularity perspective, aiming at pollution prevention, resource efficiency and business opportunities.

Under this destination the EU has published 9 topics which are open for submission.
Enabling a circular economy transition
1. Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)'s circular systemic solutions (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-01)
2. Circular Cities and Regions Initiative's project development assistance (CCRI-PDA) (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-02)
3. Innovative solutions to over-packaging and single-use plastics, and related microplastic pollution (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-03)
4. Increasing the circularity in textiles, plastics and/or electronics value chains (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-04)
Innovating sustainable bio-based systems and the bioeconomy
5. Novel, non-plant biomass feedstocks for industrial applications (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-05)
6. Contained biomass solutions for sustainable and zero-Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) production systems for high value applications (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-06)
7. Microbiomes for bio-based innovation and environmental applications (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-07)
8. Mainstreaming inclusive small-scale bio-based solutions in European rural areas (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-08)
Innovation for blue bioeconomy and biotechnology value chains
9. Unlocking the potential of algae for a thriving European blue bioeconomy (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-09)

Further Information:
https://www.euhochschulnetz-sachsen-anhalt.de/Ausschreibungen.html

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