LIFE Circular Economy and Zero Pollution — Standard Action Projects
Funds standard projects on circular economy, waste, air, water, soil, noise, chemicals and industrial pollution across the EU.
Applicants choose up to two sub-topics from a list spanning circular economy and waste, resource recovery, and zero-pollution management of air, water, soil, noise, chemicals and industrial emissions, plus New European Bauhaus-linked work, and describe them in the Standard Application Form's 'Compliance with LIFE programme objectives and call topic' section -- only those selected sub-topics feed i…
The Commission funds Standard Action Projects that move the EU toward a circular, toxic-free economy, covering circular economy and waste, resource recovery, and zero pollution and sustainable management of air, water, soil, noise, chemicals and industrial emissions and safety, plus New European Bauhaus-linked work. Projects focused purely on environmental governance belong under the separate SAP-ENV-GOV topic instead.
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