D9.3 Urban Circular Biobased Quality Label communication pack

The HOOP project supports eight Lighthouse Cities and Regions to develop large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives that will focus on making bio-based products from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and urban wastewater sludge (UWWS). Within the action, partners are developing a circular ranking system for cities and regions. This assessment system enables cities and regions to find out how ‘circular’ their territory is. Nine possible ‘levels’ can be obtained depending on performance. These levels (CL1 to CL9; reflective of the TRL ranking) can be interpreted as a set of recommended steps to reach a real and effective Urban Circular Bioeconomy and will serve cities as an instrument to understand their current position/performance in regard to the implementation of circular measures at city level. The circularity level will be made visible by means of an actual label (digital and physical) in order to promote and disseminate the environmental awareness of the cities. The design of this label is the responsibility of Greenovate! Europe within Task 9.2 of the Action and is the subject of this document. The aim of this document is to share the first designs for the HOOP Circularity Label as well as some instructions for how the label should be used in different digital and physical formats. A design for a basic ‘Membership Label’ is presented, which would be available for all members of the HOOP Network of Cities and Regions. The ‘Circularity Label’ would be a variation of this Membership Label, with different coloured options representing the different circularity levels. It should be noted however that, according to the work schedule presented in the Grant Agreement, the methodology linked to the Circularity Levels is still in an early development stage and only expected to be ready by September 2022. Therefore, it must be understood that this document presents draft examples of the Label, while a definitive version will be presented in a future update of Deliverable 9.3.