Biowaste Sorting and Management: Improving Awareness and Practices in Schools

Biowaste Sorting and Management: Improving Awareness and Practices in Schools

We would like to invite you to our joint online workshop organized by the FoodLoops project and the HOOP Bio-Waste Club in Kuopio, scheduled for February 13th between 09:00 and 11:00 (CET) (10-12.00 Finnish time). The event will be held in English.

Workshop Objective: The aim of this workshop is to facilitate knowledge sharing between the two projects regarding technological and social innovations, as well as capacity building in bio-waste management within schools. The Bio-Waste Club in Kuopio serves as an open space where stakeholders—including academic and scientific institutions, businesses, municipalities, and waste management companies—regularly engage to develop a shared vision for transforming their city into a more circular economy.

The FoodLoops project fosters cooperation among schools, caterers, farmers, and professionals in a circular economy to enhance bio-waste separation at the source, minimize food waste, and repurpose it as organic compost.

Featured Speakers: The workshop will feature speakers from both projects. The managers of both initiatives will highlight their aims and accomplishments toward supporting bio-waste valorization. They will discuss innovative strategies, successful case studies, and the impact of their work on sustainability and resource recovery. Key participants will include:

• Gasum Biogas Refineries (Finland): Presenting sorting and treatment methods for bio-waste in collaboration with schools.
• FoodLoops Project Partners: Representatives from the Lithuanian Consumer Institute, Gdansk Municipality (Poland), and Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) will showcase their initiatives to improve bio-waste valorization within the FoodLoops project.
• Jätekukko: A municipally-owned service company will present their training, guidelines, and best practices for bio-waste sorting in schools.

Programme

• 9:00 Introduction to FoodLoop project and manual, Ahmad Hafiz, Project Manager, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH (CSCP)
• 9:15 Biowaste sorting and treatment – collaboration with schools, Viljami Kinnunen, Senior Process Engineer, Gasum

• • Discussion & questions (5 min)

• 9:35 Case Studies from Finland, Poland, and Lithuania, Lessons Relevant for HOOP project

• • Ulla Santti, RDI Specialist, Savonia UAS
  • Zita Ceponyte, Project Manager, Lithuanian Consumer Institute
  • Aleksandra Kulik, Senior Specialist, Municipality of Gdansk
  • Discussion & questions (5 min)

• 10:10 Training, guidelines and practices on biowaste sorting in schools, Kati Försti, Sustainability Manager, Jätekukko

• • Discussion & questions (5 min)

• 10:30 HOOP Project Lessons for Finland, Poland and Lithuania, Felix Schumacher, Project Coordinator, CSCP

• • Discussion & questions (5 min)
• 10:50 Wrap-up and next steps in regional ecosystem development, Harri Auvinen, Research and Development Manager, Savonia UAS

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop, and kindly ask you to register or confirm your attendance by 12th February through https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/ED50CF19AD6F59E3

Teams-link will be sent to those signed up prior to the event.