01/01/2025
"SMILE CITY" project, recently launched, has set out to integrate innovative systemic solutions in up to 100 km of cycling paths and implement 20 e-bike charging stations, developed using different types of recycled urban waste: construction materials, EoL tyres and EoL batteries from Electric Vehicles.
The project brings together a consortium of 35 public and private partners from twelve European and non-European countries and is financed with funds from the Horizon Europe framework programme.
The National Research Council of Italy (Cnr) participates in the project with the Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies (Cnr-Irpps). Dr. Arianna D'Ulizia, responsible CNR for the project, and Dr. Alessia D'Andrea, co-responsible for the project, will work on the social impact assessment and on the definition and implementation of participatory approaches for co-creating recommendations for improving the implemented circular systemic solutions.
The foreseen innovations of the SMILE CITY project include the creation of e-bike charging stations made of recycled concrete precast elements and PV panels equally produced with recycled materials, the installation of recycled rubber moulded products for urban furniture such as rubber bollard, lane dividers, and rubberized asphalt, which contributes both to increase sustainability and safety.
"SMILE CITY" will thus assemble the technological state of the art of the different value chains involved to implement circular systemic solutions in 7 different EU and non-EU countries, backing the transition towards a regenerative, inclusive and circular economy at local and regional scale across Europe and therefore boosting interregional and cross-border cooperation.
Per informazioni:
Arianna D'Ulizia
CNR - Istituto di ricerche sulla popolazione e le politiche socialiVia Palestro 32, 00185, Roma
06/492724297
Vedi anche: The link of the European Commission to the project