Flemish Action on Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Materials Management. Oikos Congres AARDE 09/12/2011 Ive Vanderreydt, VITO

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1 Flemish Action on Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Materials Management Oikos Congres AARDE 09/12/2011 Ive Vanderreydt, VITO

2 Ostend Antwerp Mol VITO in a nutshell VITO is a leading independent European research and consulting centre developing sustainable technologies in the area of energy, environment, materials and remote sensing. In 2010, the total VITO budget was 90 million euro of which the contribution by contract research was 55 million euro. For 2011, VITO is counting on a budget of 95 million euro VITO is based at three locations in Belgium 12/12/2011 2

3 VITO General info Units overview VITO counts > 600 highly qualified employees from diverse specialisations in 8 research units 12/12/ /12/ 3

& Environment Land Use & Climate Change Transition Energy & Environment

4 ology Unit Transition Energy & Environment Subjects of the unit Energy Use & Supply Transport & Mobility Sustainability Assessments Transition Energy & Environment Land Use & Climate Change Transition Energy & Environment Sustainable Chemistry Living and Building Closed Lean Cycles tion & 12/12/2011 4

5 Unit Transition Energy & Environment (chrono)-logical elements in an S-curve 12/12/2011 5

6 Resource Efficiency in EU context Policy: Flagship Initiative Resource Efficient Europe Resource Efficiency Roadmap Raw Materials Initiative: 14 critical Materials Policy support: Framework contract Sustainable Resources Management Biomass targets Waste reduction and prevention targets Key contributions to resource efficiency Workshop Resource efficiency Indicators Interreg project: C2C Network 12/12/2011 6

7 Europe sustainable materials management strategy Schauvliege calls for sustainable materials management Informal Environment Council, Ghent, July 2010 Sustainable materials management means more than waste prevention and waste processing. Waste materials are, first and foremost, symptoms of maladjusted manufacturing and consumption processes that we must change to ensure that there is as little residual waste as possible. And what is released from waste flows must be used as raw materials for other production processes. This cradle-to-cradle principle forms one of the pillars for sustainable materials management. 12/12/2011 7

8 Flemish Materials Policy Origin Limited availability of resources World top class in waste management Policy OVAM transition from waste to materials management Materials Decree and VlareMa SMM collaboration agreement Actions Plan C Policy Research Centre SuMMa ViA transversal action on materials 12/12/2011 8

9 Resource Efficiency vs. Materials Management Resource Efficiency Resources = air, water, (raw) materials, biodiversity, Integrated assessment tools Materials management Materials = raw materials + waste + secundary materials One aspect of RE policy Both production and consumption 12/12/2011 9

10 2 domains: RE and SMM 1. Sustainable resources assessment All resources: materials, water, energy, land, human, All levels: resources / components / products / application All stakeholders: user / designer / producer / government All values: environmental / financial / economical / social / cultural / Approach: Life Cycle Thinking, Input-Output Model, Analysing the system Scenario s and backcasting 12/12/

11 2. Sustainable Materials Management» integral: all resources / levels / stakeholders / values» energy resource(s)» more than efficiency and effectivty» re-organising flows» new challenges: e.g. logistics, design for dismantling» (business) oportunities: e.g. take-back system(s), innovative processes and added value of products and services Approach: envisioning 12/12/

12 Life Cycle Thinking Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) = approach seeking to identify possible improvements to goods and services in the form of lower environmental impacts and reduced use of resources across all life cycle stages, taking into account social and economic impacts as well. The key aim of Life Cycle Thinking is to avoid burden shifting. Commission s Joint Research Centre (JRC) A series of guidance documents on how to apply Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the waste management sector in a coherent and quality-assured manner informed and science-based support to policymaking 12/12/

13 Life Cycle Thinking Methods: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment LCSA = Full assessment of goods and services within the context of sustainable development (SD) through a methodical and structured approach of life-cycle thinking Vlaamse voorbeelden: afvalolie restafval afvalbatterijen LCSA = SLCA + LCA + LCC Source: Ferreira, B. (2009). Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA). 5th International Conference Environmental Engineering and Management. Tulcea, Romania. 16 September Available on 12/12/

14 Environmental Input/Output Modelling Vlaamse I/O-model Afstemming Exiopol 12/12/

15 envisioning Lean Thinking 1. Specify value from the standpoint of the end customer. 2. Identify all the steps in the value stream, eliminating whenever possible those steps that do not create value. 3. Make the value-creating steps occur in tight sequence so the product will flow smoothly toward the customer. 4. As flow is introduced, let customers pull value from the next upstream activity. 5. As value is specified, value streams are identified, wasted steps are removed, and flow and pull are introduced, begin the process again and continue it until a state of perfection is reached in which perfect value is created with no waste. 12/12/

16 Societal Challenges envisioning Sustainable use of Materials: How? 12/12/

17 envisioning SMM basic principles - VITO 1. Minimise primary need urban mining 2. Resource effective production 3. Closed material loops 4. Life cycle thinking: assessment and strategies 12/12/

18 Urban Mining envisioning Sustainable use of Materials: what? 12/12/

19 Resource Effective Production envisioning Sustainable use of Materials: what? 12/12/

20 Closed Lean Material Loops envisioning Sustainable use of Materials: what? 12/12/

21 Life Cycle Thinking envisioning Sustainable use of Materials: what? 12/12/

22 Materials in closed lean cycles envisioning 12/12/

23 Current actions in Flanders Transition arena s Plan C Duwobo FISCH Research projects Policy support actions Vlaams I/O-model Reststromenplatform Steunpunt SuMMa Recyclagecertificaten ELFM MIP 12/12/

24 Transitie-arena Duurzaam Materialenbeheer» een vernieuwend netwerk van mensen en organisaties die werk maken van duurzaam materialenbeheer» Visie, gebaseerd op 5 pijlers:» Wakkere samenleving» Tot uw dienst» Slim sluiten» Materialen op maat» Duurzame kunststoffen 12/12/

25 » Vernieuwingsplatform Duwobo» 5 werkgroepen» 1. Innovatie» 2. Leren» 3. Levende kernen - Wonen voor het leven» 4. Sluit de kring - Energie» 5. Sluit de kring - Materialen 12/12/

26 Both for historic and future landfills Closing the circle Concept Temporary storage Non-technical barriers Transdisciplinarity and multiactor approach 12/12/

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28 » Mikt op het sluiten van materiaal- en proceskringlopen volgens de Cradle-to-Cradle filosofie én op de ontwikkeling van nieuwe technologieën voor slimme energieopwekking.» 2 financieringsprogramma s: 1. opzetten en uitvoeren van onderzoeks- en ontwikkelingsprojecten; 2. Opzetten van duurzame product- en procescycli; haalbaarheidsstudies. 12/12/

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chemie gebruikende industrie in Vlaanderen naar duurzame

30 » Missie = innovaties omtrent duurzame chemie versterken en versneld naar de markt brengen, het transitieproces van de chemie gebruikende industrie in Vlaanderen naar duurzame chemie versnellen» Ingebed in Nieuw Industrieel Beleid 12/12/

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32 Reststromenplatform 12/12/

33 Project EcoClusters WP 1: EVALUATIE INITIATIEVEN IN BINNEN- EN BUITENLAND WP 2: STRUCTUUR EN RANDVOORWAARDEN DATABASE WP 3: SYSTEEM OM DATABASE TE DOEN FUNCTIONEREN WP 4: BIOMASSA CASESTUDIE 12/12/

34 Conclusions RER in Vlaanderen Resource Efficiency SuMMa Integrale analyse Gericht en gecoördineerd beleid en actie 12/12/

35 Ive Vanderreydt Karl Vrancken tel: fax: mail: ive.vanderreydt@vito.be tel: fax: mail: karl.vrancken@vito.be Unit Transition Energy and Environment VITO NV Boeretang 200, 2400 MOL, Belgium website: 12/12/

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Innovating the raw materials value chain. Karl Vrancken Luc Moens Karel Van Acker / Brussels / 17 June 2015

Innovating the raw materials value chain Karl Vrancken Luc Moens Karel Van Acker / Brussels / 17 June 2015 t Challenges are opportunities 2 EIT Raw Materials Securing raw materials supply Goals 1. Creating