EU Monitor at Båstad Municipality

On December 7, 2016, Båstad Municipality had the opportunity to host representative from the European Commission, LIFE. Ms. Katja Lähdesmäki, Monitoring Expert from Neemo EEIG – ELLE , and Ulf Kullenius, from Gaia Biomaterials AB and Kim Olsson and Johan Kristiansson, from NSR AB, and Sari Bengtsson and Aline de Camargo Olsson from Båstad Municipality situated at Skåne County.

The project is a collaboration between the Municipality of Båstad, GAIA Biomaterials and the municipally owned waste company NSR AB.

With the support of the EU LIFE financial instrument, Båstad Municipality is the lead part and GAIA Biomaterials holds the expertise in biomaterials. NSR is testing the material in biogas production by using the biomaterial in food waste collections from households and restaurants. Unlike traditional plastics do from fossil oil, the content does not need to be separated from the package. The purpose of the commitment of Båstad Municipality is to contribute to a good environment, less waste and of course to demonstrate clear leadership in the area of the circular economic perspective. Båstad Municipality goal is to become one of Sweden’s top 10 environmental municipalities.

“This publication is produced with the contribution of the LIFE programme of the European Union. It reflects only the author’s view and the Agency/Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.”