On June 20-29, 2023, teacher of Sumy State University (Oleksii Demikhov, PhD, senior lecturer of the Department of Management named after Oleg Balatsky) participated in the academic mobility program ERASMUS+KA107 at the Czech University of life sciences Prague for the purpose of training on the subject of waste management. During the implementation of the university-wide grant, the teacher took part in trainings in the areas of economics and waste management, global problems of food security and sustainable biotechnologies. Current issues of minimizing the impact on the environment and promoting the principles of the closed cycle economy were considered, innovative methods of waste management and resource recovery in the context of sustainable development were studied.