THE PROJECT

The impact of large events on resource consumption is beyond any doubt. Their number and footprint make it essential to introduce sustainability as a criterion in their organisation. Although there are several factors that come together to make an event more sustainable, in practice one of the most relevant is the generation of waste and its management. There is an increasing concern and commitment on the part of regional and local administrations to make the large events organised in their territories greener; private stakeholders are also increasingly committed to sustainability; the participants in the events as well. However, the many aspects involved makes the challenge is often beyond the capabilities and resources.

MINEV aims at being an accelerator for regional and local administrations to address and develop waste minimisation in large events through their policies for circular economy, waste management and climate neutrality. With that objective, during the MINEV project 5 local and regional administrations from all over Europe will exchange good practices and policy measures in force in their territories that make waste minimisation in large events possible. They will be supported by ACR+ (advisory partner) that will help them to optimise the process of exchange of experience.

From the point of view of communication, large events are an exceptional opportunity to involve organisers, participants and the overall society in the culture of sustainability, given the projection capacity of these events. Differently from previous projects that provided experience in the field, MINEV is the only one entirely dedicated to policy improvements related to waste minimisation in large events; also, it is also the only one that pays attention to the particularities of the different types of events when it comes to waste production and minimisation.