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Urban Soil for Food

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PROJECT TITLE: Urban Soil for Food - Establishment of Innovative Urban Soil Based Economy Circles to Increase Local Food Self-sufficiency and Minimize Environmental Footprint

ACRONIM: US4F

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD project starts from the challenge of using cities’ internal waste (biological and mineral waste) in order to produce useful product (soil) to be later used for meeting the cities’ needs (food production, cities parks, construction) all this within cities boundaries. Complementary it introduces urban food chain and uses open innovation processes to establish business support for innovative circular economy start-ups in the urban area. Project ends with certification of internationally standardized soil and with trainings, seminars and study visits for quadruple helix participants. Project will be implemented through 4 interconnected technical work packages: material circle, food circle, open innovation circle and knowledge circle backboned with 2 key investments: establishment of pilot system for urban soil production and establishment of 4 urban gardens. Key innovative product will be of standardized and internationally certified urban soil.

Project will change current traditional waste-based society into circular economy oriented, proud of circular economy achievements and active in the process of achieving circular economy. If successful, the project would represent one of the strongest practical examples of circular economy in the EU, because of its systemic horizontal approach, closing urban circles and co- creative inclusion of citizens. It would show to policy makers the importance to deal with circular economy on horizontal level and within urban area.

Partners:

  • PP1 - MUNICIPALITY OF MARIBOR
  • PP2 - Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • PP3 - E-institute, institute for comprehensive development solutions
  • PP4 - Snaga, public service provider for management of waste and other utility services
  • PP5 - Development of social projects and promotion of active life association AKTIVIRAJ SE
  • PP6 - DELTAPLAN, service and consulting company, d.o.o.
  • PP7 - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute - ZAG
  • PP8 - Wcycle Institute Maribor, Slovenia

Project web site: https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/maribor


Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.