CURE+ Baseline study: City of Barcelona, Spain

EUKI project CURE+ project aims to improve the management of municipal waste through the reuse of useful waste by respecting the principles of the circular economy. Four project municipalities – Riga, Tartu, Kavala and Barcelona develop pilot urban resource centres aiming to reduce unnecessary resource depletion.

Four city baseline reports are prepared to describe current state-of-the-art situation related to local waste streams and local policies/ initiatives/ programmes/ innovations regarding circular practices.

Studies are based on the desk analysis and interviews with the key stakeholders. The goals of the interviews are threefold:

1) to gather and validate factual information about current waste streams and related policies;

2) to discuss possible bottlenecks, challenges, and room for improvements in the current situation;

3) to discuss knowledge/capacity gaps among staff and public. The baseline studies generate valuable input for further implementation of the project – creation of pilot urban resource centres and developing policy recommendations.