Event venue

Webinar

Target audience

Open to all interested parties upon registration

Description of content and objectives

From 7 May, applications can be submitted for the Lombardy Region’s “RI.CIRCO.LO” call for proposals, which aims to support and develop circular economy initiatives. Specifically, the objective is to reduce and improve the management of waste within the plastics and textile supply chains.

SMEs that are duly established and active in the Business Register, with an operational headquarters in Lombardy, may participate in the measure by submitting individual or joint projects.

The total financial allocation is €5,000,000.00; the grant is non-repayable and will be awarded and disbursed up to 50% of eligible expenses, with a maximum amount of €300,000.00 per individual SME, in compliance with the “de minimis” regulation (EU Reg. No. 2831/2023).

The funding percentage may be increased to 60% for particularly successful projects that demonstrate, through one year of ex-post measurement, that they have exceeded the expected results by at least 30% in terms of waste reduction, lower raw material usage, the use of by-products or “end-of-waste” materials, or increased waste recycling.

The grant is awarded to projects submitted individually or jointly, with total eligible expenses, excluding VAT, of at least €50,000.00 for the entire project.

Interventions associated with all stages of the plastic and textile supply chain life cycles are considered eligible, such as:

• the recovery of production residues as raw materials;
• initiatives for the reuse of end-of-life packaging, or for the reuse of products or the extension of their life cycle;
• modifications to production lines;
• innovative projects, with potential for transferability and scalability, relating to waste collection dedicated to preparation for reuse or recycling processes, or to the preparation for reuse or recycling of plastic waste, compostable bioplastic waste, and textile waste.

Applications may be submitted from 7 May until 16:00 on 18 June 2024 and will be selected through a competitive evaluation procedure.

In this regard, Confindustria Lombardia, in collaboration with the Lombardy Region, is organising a webinar on 17 May at 10:30 entitled “RI. CIRCO.LO: call for Lombard SMEs to develop circular economy initiatives. Edition for the plastics and textile supply chains”.

Dr Giorgio Gallina from the Lombardy Region will speak at the event to present the details of the measure and answer participants' questions.

Registration details

To attend, please confirm your place by registering online via the following LINK.

Contact

For further information, please consult the official website or email een1@confindustria.lombardia.it.

Materials

The speakers' slides are attached, and the webinar recording is provided below.

• Confindustria Webinar Slides 17 05 2024.pdf