Dr. Ir. Peter Tom Jones (GC EURELCO, KU Leuven)

11-11-2014

EIP RMC Meeting Brussels

EURELCO (EIP RMC 67)

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SCO

PE W

P2

- Ex situ

Product manufacture

Use

End-of-Life

New scrap

Metals, alloys and compounds

Natural resources

1. Recycling

2. Substitution

150.000-500.000 Landfills in EU-28

Single-use USW

Mixed USW/IW

Monolandfills containing industrial residues and tailings

SCO

PE W

P1

– In situ

Raw materials

production

ELFM resources

Primary mining

3. Primary mining

Enhanced landfill mining

Rationale EURELCO: “re-mining Europe”

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Figure: adapted from original K. Meskers (Umicore) figure

Scope ELFM

• Enhanced Landfill Mining = • “integrated valorisation of landfilled waste streams as metals,

other materials and energy (carriers), using innovative transformation technologies and respecting the most stringent social and ecological criteria.” (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.05.021)

• ELFM is both relevant for • ex situ mining (conditioning and excavation of waste +

subsequent processing and upcycling) • in situ mining (where metals and energy are generated from

the landfill body without excavating the waste).

• Various landfill types • Mixed USW/IW landfills • Monolandfills containing industrial residues and tailings

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EURELCO targets both USW landfills and landfills containing industrial residues and tailings

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The rise of Enhanced Landfill Mining – the good news

• Flanders: Multi-actor research consortium since 2008

• > 10 national ELFM research/ demonstration projects are running

• Flanders, Wallonia, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Baltic Region, Austria, etc.

• Erection EURELCO in march 2014 - EIP RMC Status since early 2014

• Landfill mining in EIT KIC Factsheet

• Landfill mining integrated in EIT KIC RawMatTERS proposal

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Up to 500.000

landfills in Europe

Establishment of EURELCO - March 11, 2014

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46 Members, 12 EU Member States, 1000 € Entrance fee

GA, September 2014, Copenhagen: 56 Participants

EURELCO Management Structure

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EURELCO Projects

Running projects: • > 10 National R&D projects

in Belgium, Germany, UK, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Greece etc.

• Supporting the CTC (Demonstration) Project of Group Machiels (cf. EIP RMC CTC)

• Strong link to new EU H2020 MSCA-ETN REDMUD project (connected to other EIP RMCs such as Mud2Metal, BRAVO)

EURELCO proposals: • Interreg Europe (in

preparation): “share and capitalise on regional good practices in developing and implementing Enhanced Landfill Mining principles and activities

• Urban Metabolism (WASTE-6) (in preparation)

• MSCA-ETN REMINE

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EURELCO Dissemination

• www.eurelco.org

• Next General Assembly (Brussels, 2015):

• Invitation to EIP Members to go into debate about the role of ELFM in EU-28

• ELFM III (Lisboa, 2016):

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EURELCO pr

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EURELCO welcomes new members:

www.eurelco.org