Life Support technology for space missions to help create a circular economy hub in Malaga

Project Goals:

• Develop methods to bring space technology back to earth
• Use existing technologies and develop new ones to help foster Circular Economy
• Develop and spread new circular business models
• Help companies understand the implication of circular economy
• Develop tools to implement principles of circular economy
• Identify the skills that the workers of the future will need in within Circular Economy
• Prepare young Professions by developing relevant Masters & PhD courses in Circular Economy
• Raise awareness about Circular Economy
• Find ways to introduce circularity into daily lives
• Approach governments to facilitate the creation of regulations compatible with a Circular Economy.

Key focus areas:

• Research
• Education
• Outreach
• Spinoffs targeting economic systems.

Who is involved in the Project:

The SEMiLLA IPStar Hub Málaga, Málaga’s Circular Economy Hub, is the first of a planned international network of SEMiLLA IPStar hubs which will share a common mission to use space technology to realise a truly circular economy on earth. Partners involved in the Malaga project are:

• University of Málaga
• Technological Park of Andalucía
• City of Málaga
• CIEDES Foundation
• MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative)
• SEMiLLA IPStar