APPRICOD European Workshop

As part of the Life project "APPRICOD" (Assessing the Potential for Plastic Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities), funded by the European Commission, ACR+, IBGE-BIM and all the project partners held a European Workshop on 24 April 2006 in Brussels.

• How to optimise the selective collection of plastics from C&D waste ? What are the different plastics involved and how can they be recognized, what are the requirements for plastic recycling, which plastic fractions can be collected together ?
• What are the recycling opportunities and constraints ?
• What costs and benefits are associated with a selective collection system for plastic C&D waste ? Is it worth it ?
• What are the opinions and perspectives from the main stakeholders : C&D sector, Plastic industry, Recyclers, Local and Regional Authorities, etc. ?
• What conclusions and recommendations can be made for the future ?
• What are the legal, technical and financial needs ?
• How can the plastic C&D waste issue be integrated into a broader resource-product-waste approach ?

• Construction and demolition actors (federations, construction companies, researchers, etc.)
• Public managers, especially from local and regional authorities
• The plastics industry (federations, companies, researchers, etc.)
• Academics

Proceedings are available on the APPRICOD website.

• 9H00 Registration of participants
• 9h30 Introduction and welcome speech by Evelyne Huytebroeck, Minister of the Environment of the Brussels-Capital Region
• 9h45 European waste prevention and recycling strategy - Christopher Allen, Policy Officer, DG Environment, European Commission
• 10h15 Initiatives for a sustainable plastic C&D waste management in Europe (1st part)
  Introduced by Jan Desmyter, BBRI - Belgian Building Research Institute
  - The case of Austria - Christian Pladerer, Head of the Department for Resources Management, Austrian Institute for Applied Ecology
  - The case of The Netherlands - Hans Telgen, General Manager DYKA Plastic Pipe Systems
• 11h00 Coffee break
• 11h30 Initiatives for a sustainable plastic C&D waste management in Europe (2nd part)
  - Karin Arz, General Manager ROOFCOLLECT - Recycling System for Thermoplastic Membranes
  - Xavier Lhoir, Project Manager - Clean Site System, VAL-I-PAC
  - Richard Gielen, Secretary general PVC INFO - The Recovinyl initiative
• 12h45 Lunch
• 14h15 Pilot projects at local and regional level (Life project “APPRICOD”)
  - Presentation of pilot projects in local and regional authorities (Catalonia, Brussels Capital Region, Provincia of Ancona, region of greater Porto) - Barbara Dewulf, Advisor, IBGE-BIM - The Brussels Institute for Management of the Environment 
  - Example of three pilot projects held in Brussels (Edimbourg, Ambassador’s house and Atomium), Bart Van Wieringen and Hugues Michaux, Besix-Jacques Delens 
  - Conclusions and recommendations - Olivier De Clercq, Project Manager, ACR+ - Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and for sustainable Resource management
• 15h00 Coffee break
• 15h15 Stakeholders’ opinions for future developments
  Moderator: Kit Strange, Director, RRF - Resource Recovery Forum 
  - Alexandre Dangis, Managing Director EuPC - European Plastics Converters
  - John Goodall, Director Environmental Affairs, FIEC - European Construction Industry Federation 
  - Francis Radermaker, Executive Secretary, ACR+ 
  - Bernard Merkx, President EuPR - European Plastics Recyclers Round table discussion and debate with the public
• 17h00 Conclusions - Jean-Pierre Hannequart, Director General IBGE - BIM and President ACR+
• 17h30 End of the Workshop

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For more information, visit the APPRICOD project website

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