WORM - Waste management challenges in humanitarian operations

05/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year 2026 from the WORM team! ✨

As we close two inspiring years of collaboration, we would like to warmly thank all our partners, stakeholders, and followers for being part of this journey. Thank you for your engagement, your contributions, and for actively supporting the project throughout its lifecycle.

We are proud of the work accomplished and of the legacy WORM leaves behind. To mark the end of the project, we invite you to explore our two final publications, which bring together two years of research, innovation, and field experience in two complementary formats:

🔹 Final brochure:https://wormproject.eu/app/uploads/2025/11/WEB-WORM-FINAL-BROCHURE-A5.pdf

🔹 Final media press kit:https://wormproject.eu/app/uploads/2025/12/WEB-PRESS-KIT-A4_with-links-of-last-deliverables.pdf

Let’s stay connected and continue the conversation beyond WORM 👋

Hanken School of Economics Solvoz RMIT University KLU Kühne Logistics University Hamburg Innovasjon Norge Pamela Steele Associates

19/12/2025

📢 All of the deliverables are now available on the website!

As the project comes to an end this month, we are delighted to share the deliverables that have been developed over the past two years 📖

Discover our full range of results and key achievements, reflecting two years of collaboration, innovation and impact.

👉 Explore our deliverables online: https://wormproject.eu/delivrables/

17/12/2025

🚀 We’re excited to share the final edition of the WORM newsletter!

After two years of collaboration and collective effort, the WORM project is coming to an end this month. This last issue looks back on our journey and highlights the project’s final activities, key events, and communication materials.

👉 Read our final newsletter to explore our latest publications, key results, and the lasting legacy of the WORM project: https://0wn0o.mjt.lu/nl3/pNrRiu2YnO08a2zT5-eToA?hl=fr

12/12/2025

🎥 WORM interview series #17

🗣 For this final episode we give the floor to Gyöngyi Kovács, WORM project coordinator for Hanken School of Economics. In this final episode, Gyöngyi Kovács reflects on the legacy and impact of the WORM project after two years of work. She looks back at the effort carried out throughout the project and the key achievements of the consortium.

Watch the interview! 👉 https://youtu.be/tZNlrd3SNaw?si=zIlrnDxr_SgB8APz

10/12/2025

[ ] Showcasing WORM’s journey and impact in the humanitarian sector 🌱

We’re excited to present the Final Media Press Kit of the WORM project, a lasting impact on sustainable humanitarian practices🎉

Explore WORM’s main results and discover the project’s long-term impact on sustainable medical waste management, all in one comprehensive media resource.

Download it here 👉https://wormproject.eu/app/uploads/2025/12/WEB-PRESS-KIT-A4.pdf

05/12/2025

🌿 Bio-based materials in the humanitarian sector: promising, but not without challenges

As part of the WORM project, we’ve explored the potential of bio-based materials to reduce the environmental footprint of humanitarian operations. While BBMs can lower emissions and support circularity, they also come with significant challenges.

To address these challenges, WORM developed Causal Loop Diagrams, a systems-thinking tool that maps relationships between key variables and highlights circular causality.

🔍 Curious about the key insights?

Read our full article on our website: https://wormproject.eu/2025/12/05/limitations-of-bio-based-solutions/

02/12/2025

🚀 As we approach the end of the WORM project, we’re proud to share one of our key legacies: our WORM practice abstracts all published in the EIP-AGRI project database!

💡 The European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI) database highlights innovative projects from across Europe that foster knowledge exchange and innovation.

Our practice abstracts aim to share the innovative knowledge generated within WORM, ensuring wide dissemination to practitioners, field experts, and end-users 🌱

👉 Discover them here: https://eu-cap-network.ec.europa.eu/projects_en

27/11/2025

WORM interview series #16

🗣 Today we give the floor to Anaïs Loudières, from Euronovia. In this episode, Anaïs highlights the project’s key outcomes and the communication activities, such as the final event and the final media press kit, that aim to strengthen the project’s legacy.

Watch the interview! 👉 https://youtu.be/hOPba5TTyLQ?si=Xs_eMmCrrKeHT_F_

Stay tuned, our next partner interview is coming soon!

25/11/2025

📢 WORM has contributed to DG ECHO's mapping of life cycle assessments for humanitarian items.

As part of the INSPIRE+ Consortium study, WORM shared its insights on the environmental impact of items, particularly through its work on:

🔹 Bio-based solutions
🔹 Waste treatment

This mapping represents an important step forward, with 89 LCAs now gathered in a new database. This gives humanitarian actors a practical tool with which to make evidence-based decisions, avoid duplication and better understand the environmental impact of the products they use.

➡️ Read the full article and access the resources here: https://wormproject.eu/2025/11/25/worm-contributed-to-dg-echos-first-mapping-of-lcas-for-humanitarian-items/

20/11/2025

🎥 WORM interview series #15

🗣 Today we give the floor to Lucie Guilloteau, from Euronovia. She shares Euronovia’s contribution to the WORM local awareness campaigns carried out in Vietnam and Kenya, developed in close collaboration with local partners. She also describes how to make the project’s results visible, accessible and understandable through a comprehensive communication strategy adapted to diverse stakeholders in the waste-management field.

Watch the interview! 👉 https://youtu.be/Q1ozovp4eHI?si=1iS7uz9-5wlGcK7O

Stay tuned for our next partners' interviews coming soon!

18/11/2025

[ ] A lasting resource to tackle the waste management challenges in the humanitarian sector🌱

We are thrilled to unveil the final brochure of the WORM project, a key milestone towards more sustainable and circular solutions for greener humanitarian operations! 🎉

Explore the project’s key figures, policy briefs, and the highlights of our local awareness campaigns in Kenya and Vietnam, all brought together in one comprehensive overview.

Download it here 👉 https://wormproject.eu/2025/11/18/worms-final-brochure-a-lasting-resource-to-tackle-the-waste-management-challenges-in-the-humanitarian-sector/

Hanken School of Economics Solvoz RMIT University Vietnam KLU Kühne Logistics University Hamburg Innovasjon Norge Pamela Steele Associates Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam - Viet Nam Red Cross Society International Medical Corps UK

13/11/2025

📢 WORM Final Event: Field-based solutions for managing medical waste

On 4 November 2025, the WORM Project held its final event at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland, celebrating two years of collaboration, innovation, and impact 🌍

The event brought together researchers, practitioners, and policy experts to explore safe and sustainable approaches to medical waste management. From bio-based materials to standard operating procedures for field hospitals, WORM showcased its key achievements and practical solutions for the humanitarian sector.

🎤 We were honoured to welcome inspiring speakers, including Johan von Schreeb, Professor of Global Disaster Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and Syed Yasir Ahmad, Global WASH advisor at International Medical Corps and Mr. Giulio Pattanaro, our Project Officer.

🤝 A special thank you to our sister project Bio4HUMAN for their valuable contribution, and to everyone who joined us for their engagement and insights.

📖 Learn more by reading our full article here: https://wormproject.eu/2025/11/13/worm-a-look-back-at-our-final-event/

🎥 Check our recap video here: https://youtu.be/bc7quTeaQxo?si=DJaaTgnH8Ol6hZHk

On 4 November 2025, the WORM Project held its Final Event, ‘Field-Based Solutions for Managing Medical Waste’, at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki,...