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Public deliverables

WP1: Project Management

 

WP3: Mapping the ground + Scoping exercise Phase 1

For guidance on annexes tools please reach out to kld@peopleinneed.net.

 

WP4: Scoping exercise

 

WP5: Life cycle assessment of innovative bio-based solutions

WP7: Dissemination, Communication, and Exploitation – First period

Webinar recordings

First Thematic Webinar: Empowering the Bio-based Sector for Solid Waste Management in Humanitarian Settings

Second Thematic Webinar: LCA framework developments of bio-based materials: how to integrate them in new EU projects?

Co-hosted the “Waste management in humanitarian operations: Bio-based solutions and raising awareness challenge” session with WORM at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2025 in Geneva

  • View the recording of the session here.
  • View the presentation of our session here.

DRC webinar on ‘Bio-based packaging solutions: environmental benefits and geographical variability’ – first webinar in the series ‘Environmental Impacts of Humanitarian Organisations: How Can They be Reduced Through Bio-based Materials?’ (French)

  • View the webinar recording here. 
  • View the webinar presentation slides here. 

DRC webinar on ‘Organic waste treatment solutions: constraints and benefits’ – second webinar in the series ‘Environmental Impacts of Humanitarian Organisations: How Can They be Reduced Through Bio-based Materials?’ (French)

  • View the webinar recording here
  • View the webinar presentation slides here.

South Sudan webinar on ‘Bio-based packaging solutions: environmental benefits and geographic variability – first webinar in the series ‘Environmental Impacts of Humanitarian Organisations: How Can They be Reduced Through Bio-based Materials?’ (English)

  • View the webinar recording here
  • View the webinar presentation slides here
Publications and presentations

Congrès Management du Cycle de Vie (MCV) in Lille – November 2024

  • View the event presentation here.

PRESERVE Synergies in action – UpE-t, UPLIFT, BioRADAR and Bio4HUMAN – December 2024

  • View the final event presentation here.

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2025 in Geneva – March 2025

  • View our presentation here. 

25th Environmental Protection and Waste Management Expo EKOTECH in Kielce – April 2025

European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE) in Valencia – June 2025

  • View our conference poster here.

XL Biannual Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, RSEQ 2025 in Bilbao – June 2025

  • View our presentation here.
  • View our conference poster here.
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LCM 2025 – 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management in Palermo – September 2025

  • View our presentation here.

15th European Congress of Chemical Engineering & 8th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology
& 3rd Iberoamerican Congress on Chemical Engineering (EECE-ECAB-CIBIQ) 2025 in Lisbon – September 2025

  • View our presentation here. 
  • View our abstract here.

Clustering session at WORM Project Final Event “Field-Based Solutions for Managing Medical Waste” in Helsinki/online – November 2025 

  • View our presentation here

Congrès Management du Cycle de Vie (MCV) in Bordeaux – November 2025

  • View our presentation here

CONAMA Local 2025 in Barcelona – December 2025

  • View our conference poster here (Spanish). 
  • View our technical communication here.
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Working paper: Overcoming the non-technical barriers for effective implementation of bio-based solutions in humanitarian settings

  • View the working paper here.

Article publication in EU Research Winter 2025 edition 

  • View Bio4HUMAN’s article here
  • View the whole magazine issue here

Policy White Paper: Briding the gap in Solid Waste Management for Humanitarian Actions

  • View the paper here

Biocircular Summit 20256 in Madrid – January 2026

  • View our conference poster here (Spanish). 
Policy recommendations