Background The environmental sustainability of insulation and waterproofing technologies in EU buildings sectors can be enhanced by improved management and re-use of bitumen-polymer membranes and glass fibres. These materials are classified as non-hazardous waste, and their disposal normally involves consuming landfill space. Options exist to reduce the volume of this waste that enters landfills by introducing dedicated recycling procedures for recovering much of the valuable components (i.e. bitumen-polymers and glass fibres). Integrated approaches to waste minimisation for these materials could include: collection, storage, treatment, and re-use of waste production scraps of bitumen-polymer membranes and glass fibres scraps. Outcomes could thus provide significant environmental and economic benefits. Objectives The Life Is.eco project’s main aim focuses on implementing an innovative recycling/waste management system for bitumen-polymer wastes and of glass wool scraps. The project will do this through the realisation of the two pilot plants established to recover bitumen-polymer membranes and insulation mineral materials. The project will also help introduce dedicated recovery centres at factories in Vidalengo and Chieti. Here, these materials can be valued, prepared for reuse, and then converted back in the production cycle for new goods containing bitumen-polymer and glass wool. Positive outcomes from the project will include: the validation of an innovative waste recycling and reduction system capable of reducing pressures on landfill; a reduction of soil sealing through the reduction of ground surface occupied by landfill; decreased consumption of energy and raw material related to the landfill construction; and reduced air pollution associated with waste materials dumped into landfills. Expected results: The main result expected from the project relate to the demonstration and feasibility of technical, economic, and environmental aspects of a new recycling system that will significantly reduce the amount of waste of bitumen-polymer membranes and glass fibre currently disposed of in landfills. More specifically the project targets include: - Treating and processing an estimated 130 000 m2 of bitumen-polymers waste and glass fibre scraps per year from the Saint-Gobain PPC Vidalengo factory; - Treating around 1 000 tonnes of insulation material scraps per year from the Saint-Gobain PPC Vidalengo factory; and - Producing some 400 tonnes of material based on bitumen-polymers per year for use in the production of membranes and new insulation material.