[ Horizon Europe · HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-06 ]
Making circularity measurable across Europe's food services.
CIRCULARIS delivers the first harmonised micro-level circular economy indicator framework tailored to the food service sector — combining Digital Product Passports, AI-enabled monitoring, and behavioural indicators into tools that restaurants, hotels, retailers and policymakers can actually use.
Target 01 / Food waste
40%
Targeted reduction of food waste across pilot sites through indicator-driven monitoring and behavioural interventions.
Target 02 / Packaging
35%
Targeted improvement in packaging circularity — reuse, recycling and DPP-based traceability across the value chain.
Target 03 / SME uptake
≥50%
Share of pilot SMEs actively engaged in digital CE monitoring, eco-certification pathways and reporting.
Three Mediterranean pilot ecosystems
Cycladic Islands Tourism Network
300 tourism and catering businesses across Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Syros and Paros piloting CE indicators, DPPs and eco-certification.
Marine Protected Area
SMEs across agri-food, hospitality and maritime sectors testing packaging traceability and CE monitoring in a vulnerable coastal ecosystem.
Wholesale Distribution Network
Restaurants, takeaways and hotels served by a Cypriot wholesale operator validating indicators along the supply chain.
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Milestones from the consortium, updates from the three pilots, and open-access publications as the project unfolds.
06 May 2026
CIRCULARIS grant agreement signed with the European Research Executive Agency
The 10-partner consortium coordinated by the University of Piraeus Research Center formally launches a 48-month research and innovation action under Horizon Europe cluster 6.
19 Mar 2026
Pilot design finalised across Cyclades, Capo Milazzo and Cyprus wholesale networks
Three complementary pilots cover destination-level food systems, marine protected areas, and B2B distribution — providing a representative cross-section of the European food service sector.
Consortium
