1. Brussels Circular Economy Transition (2016-2020)
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2. Context
BCR waste performance needs to be improved to reach targets (waste plan 4, PREC)
Lack of a clear overview of current flows (waste quantities, composition, sector contribution)
Negative environmental externalities
General need: Improvement of waste management performance
General question: What and How to valorize?
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3. General Aim
Analyze the economic and environmental potential of the waste streams for a transition towards a circular economy model of materials’ management in the Brussels Capital Region
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4. Planning
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5. WP1 – Current situation
1. Waste management actors and stakeholders landscape
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6. Total waste collected in the BCR:
WP1 – Current situation
2. Waste collection and treatment (2014)
Biogas
65% separate collection
2% food waste
Professional waste:
1,859,000 t (85% of total)
95% inert
100% glass
82% paper and cardboard
79% WEEE
100% metal
40% plastics
72% wood
Recycling
35% mixed collection
Composting
Total waste collected in the BCR:
2,195,000 t
50% yard waste
98% food waste
60% plastics
18% paper and cardboard
14% WEEE
28% wood
39% separate collection
Incineration
Inert
59.2%
Food
10.1%
Metal
8.1%
Paper
6.7%
Plastic
2.3%
Yard
2.2%
Glass
1.8%
Wood
1.7%
Bulky
1.2%
WEEE
0.2% …
Household waste:
338,000 t
(15% of total)
Landfill
7% WEEE
< 5% inert
61% mixed collection
Bulky waste treatment rate
Quantity and treatment of WEEE, not appearing in waste statistics
Data unavailable
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7. Brussels Capital Region
WP2 - Benchmarking
Conditional robust rankings
Quantitative analysis (done)
Qualitative analysis: visits (ongoing)
1 paper published in Ecological Economics and 3 working papers
Rank
NUTS 2 Region 1
Sud-Vest Oltenia 2
Chemnitz … 40
Sachsen-Anhalt 41
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 42
Brussels Capital Region 43
Weser-Ems 44
Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
175
Algarve
176
Guadeloupe
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8. WP3 – Waste metabolism Analysis of drivers of waste generation (done)
Linking waste generation to production & consumption in MRIO framework (done)
Projection of waste flows based on macro-economic and policy (prevention) scenarios (ongoing)
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9. Potential priority flow
WP4 – Stream selection
1. Waste exclusion
Selection precedure
Internal project meeting to prepare selection proposal
Discussion with mentors and stakeholders (done)
Enquête to a large group of stakeholders (ongoing)
Bi-lateral meetings with stakeholders (ongoing)
Group discussion with large group of stakeholders (planned in november)
Waste streams
Excluded flow
Priority flow
Potential priority flow
Paper&cardboard X
Plastic
Food waste
Green waste
Glass
Inert
Metals
Wood
Textile
Edible oil and fats
WEEE
Bulky
ELV
Tires
Street cleaning residues
Batteries
Engine oil
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10. WP5 – In depth analyses
Develop alternative waste management scenarios (stakeholder consultation) (ongoing) (valorization routes?, economic models? Technical parameters?)
Environmental and economic analyses of alternatives
Life cycle assessment
Life cycle costing
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11. WP6 – Optimization and policy support
Develop and apply a numerical optimization and simulation
Steps
Progress
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12. Thank you for your attention
Contact: ULB: KU Leuven:
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