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The Flemish Waste Policy:From Landfilling to Ecodesign
Jan Verheyen
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Who is OVAM?
Founded in 1981: Public Waste Agency of Flanders
Today - staff: ca.400
Public institution headed by the Flemish Minister for the Environment
Based in Mechelen
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What is our mission?
OVAM wants to contribute to a better
environment and quality of life. We accomplish
this by:
Ensuring sustainable management of waste and materials
Preventing soil contamination and ensuring soil remediation (Soil decree 1996)
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What was our Philosophy?
Option 2: Re-use, recycling and composting of waste material
Option 3: Incineration of waste with energy recovery
Option 1: Prevent and reduce – waste production– harmful waste materials
Best option
Option 4: Final disposal of waste on the landfill siteWorst option
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Evolution of Household Waste
2008: 3.378.759 tons or 545 kg/inhabitant
2.429.370 tons or 392 kg/inhabitant (72%) is collected separately and re-used, recycled or composted
949.389 tons or 153 kg/inhabitant (28%) residual waste of which: 842.509 tons (25%) incinerated with
energy recovery 71.026 tons (2%) processed at
mechanical-biological treatment facility
35.854 (only 1%!) is disposed on a landfill-site
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Evolution of Industrial Waste
Conditioning: 49% Use as secundary raw
material: 22% Recycling: 18% Incineration: 5 % Landfilling: 6%
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Industrial Waste in Flanders (Ktons/year)
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Policy Instruments
The implementation of the waste policy and strategy requires the use of three different types of policy instruments
legal instruments (e.g. legislation, penalties, producers responsibility, voluntary agreement, etc …) economical instruments (e.g. levies, taxes, financial support, PAYT tax, etc …) social instruments (e.g. information and awareness raising campaigns, education programs at schools, etc …)
The challenge is to find the most appropriate instrument or mix of policy instruments to achieve the targets
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Policy Instruments (2)
Environmental levies on landfilling and incineration of waste (economic instrument)
Landfill and incineration bans (legal instrument)
Take-back obligations, based on the principle of producer responsibility and polluter pays principle (legal instrument)
Methodical approach to the waste problem trough drafting waste management plans (legal instrument)
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A few examples of how people discard waste ...
VFG + Green
+ +Kerbside collection
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Residual waste
PMD
Bring sites, recycling yards & stores
Home composting
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New understandings lead to new objectives...
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Our Goals for a Sustainable Waste & Material Management
Closing material loops as efficient as possible (Waste is a precious resource!)
Eco-efficient production Innovation & Ecodesign Focus on industrial waste Stimulate ‘Green Consumption’
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Closed Material Loops
Sectoral agreements Gypsum recycling agreement (°2009) Specifications for selective demolition of industrial
buildings (°2009)
Gypsum Recycling Unit
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Eco-Efficiency Scan
“There’s money hidden in your company”
Environmental investments create ecological & economical benefits!
1.000 SME’s Results
Energy: -8 % Water: -4 % Waste: stable but increased turnover Average investment: 62.783 euro Return on investment after 4,8 years
www.ovam.be/eco-efficientiescan
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Stimulate ‘Green Consumption’
“Look at the price tag from a different angle”
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Innovation and Ecodesign
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Ecolizer 2.0
Thank you very much for your attention!