LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV: Circular Economy and Zero Pollution Call

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LIFE programme call for Standard Action Projects addressing circular economy, waste prevention, plastic recycling, resource recovery, and zero pollution. Covers recovery of resources from waste including WEEE, batteries, ELVs, plastics, textiles, and packaging. Budget within EUR 568.5M sub-programme for 2025-2027.

Source: https://errin.eu/calls/circular-economy-and-zero-pollution

Funding Details

Funder

European Commission / CINEA (LIFE Programme)

Funding Goal

Facilitate transition toward a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient and climate-resilient economy and toxic-free environment, covering circular economy & waste recovery, and zero pollution across air, water, soil, noise, chemicals, and industrial emissions.

Funding Amount

Not specified per project; part of EUR 568.5M sub-programme budget for 2025–2027. LIFE SAP grants are typically in the range of several hundred thousand to a few million EUR per project.

Deadline

2025-09-23 (Fixed)

How to Apply

Submit via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal using the mandatory Standard Application Form (Part B). Select a maximum of two sub-topics. Attach mandatory annexes: detailed budget table and participant information. Optional annexes include letters of support, maps, site descriptions, lifecycle analyses, and business plans. Evaluation is based on award criteria including impact, relevance, and quality/implementation.

Target Region

European Union (EU Member States and associated countries)

Contact

ERRIN: info@errin.eu, +32 (0) 2 503 25 30, Rue du Luxembourg 3, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. LIFE FAQs: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life/life-support-applicants_en

Last Checked

2026-03-11 16:52

Application Checklist

Eligibility

• Applicant must be a legal entity established in an EU Member State or LIFE-eligible associated country
• Demonstrate sufficient financial and operational capacity to implement the project (section 7 of call document)

Project Scope

• Project must address at least one specific topic under Circular Economy & Waste OR Zero Pollution sub-clusters
• Define, calculate, and demonstrate expected measurable environmental impacts per Award criterion 'Impact'

Required Documents

• Submit mandatory annexes: detailed budget table (XLSX) and participant information form (DOCX)
• Complete Standard Application Form (Part B) via EU Funding & Tenders Portal submission system

Constraints

• Select a maximum of two sub-topics; only selected sub-topics will be evaluated for relevance
• Projects focused exclusively on environmental governance are excluded — apply to LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV instead

Summary

The LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV: Circular Economy and Zero Pollution call is a Standard Action Projects (SAP) call under the EU LIFE Programme's Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme. It targets organizations implementing concrete, results-oriented projects aligned with the European Green Deal, covering two broad thematic clusters: (1) Circular Economy and Waste — including recovery of resources from waste streams such as WEEE, batteries, end-of-life vehicles, plastics, textiles, and packaging; and (2) Zero Pollution and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources — covering air, water, soil, noise, chemicals, industrial emissions, and the New European Bauhaus initiative. Applicants must define and demonstrate measurable environmental impacts. A maximum of two sub-topics may be selected per application, and projects exclusively focused on environmental governance are excluded from this call (redirected to the separate LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV topic). The call is open from 24 April 2025 with a submission deadline of 23 September 2025. The LIFE programme is the EU's dedicated funding instrument for environment and climate action, and this sub-programme operates within a EUR 568.5 million budget envelope for 2025–2027. SAP grants under LIFE typically support multi-year demonstration and implementation projects, and EU-based legal entities — including NGOs, public bodies, and private organizations — are eligible to apply. Partnerships and transnational consortia are common and encouraged. This call is particularly relevant for organizations working on plastic waste valorization, material recovery, and circular economy value chains operating within the EU. The water and soil zero pollution sub-topics also provide potential entry points for organizations addressing marine or coastal pollution, though the focus is broader than purely marine environments.

Historical Context

This call is part of the LIFE 2025 work programme. The LIFE programme is a longstanding EU instrument running multi-year cycles; the current sub-programme budget covers 2025–2027 at EUR 568.5M. Annual or biennial SAP calls under this sub-programme are a recurring feature of the LIFE programme.

Why it was added

LIFE programme circular economy / waste / resource efficiency

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