2022 Year Summary
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🚀 Here’s our roundup of news from the zero-waste and circular economy world and our journey through 2022.
Important news from the world of the circular economy and zero waste in 2022
📆 The UN proclaims March 30 as International Zero Waste Day
💸 Tax breaks for shops, bars, and hotels that reduce plastics in Barcelona
🏙 San Francisco has a plan to become a “zero waste” city.
⭕ The Law on Waste and Contaminated Soils is approved to promote
🗑 Barcelona and Munich are candidates for Zero Waste Cities certification from Zero Waste Europe.
🥣 The Government approves the Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste in Spain: learn its key points
The world’s plastic problem
Our path in 2022
🎉 ¡Llegamos a las 30 campañas! 🎉
Gracias a la confianza de ayuntamientos, empresas y centros escolares hemos co-creado 30 campañas de ¡Muévete por el cero!. Enhorabuena a todos los ganadores y gracias a todos los participantes!
📲 Mejoramos la app
Las actualizaciones de este año nos han permitido mejorar la experiencia de la app con especial atención a retos.
🎉 We’ve reached 30 campaigns! 🎉
Thanks to the trust of city councils, businesses, and schools, we’ve co-created 30 Move for Zero! campaigns. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all the participants!
📲 We’ve improved the app.
This year’s updates have allowed us to improve the app experience with a special focus on challenges.
🛍 We launched Rebag 🚀
Together with Bolseta and with the support of the Catalan Waste Agency (@residuscat), we have launched a reusable and social bag service to reduce single-use plastic and paper bags in Barcelona stores.
🗄 Introducing PaaSiot.
The functional prototype of a smart cabinet that autonomously dispenses and collects reusable containers was presented at @clusterfoodservice’s Food Innovation Day last May.
✍ 2023, boosting the Reuse Revolution
Finally, we share an article published by our co-founder in EFEverde, Environmental Journalism , where we explain how the new waste regulations will allow progress in reuse in 2023.
First version of PaaSiot
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