APPRICOD
Assessing the Potential of Plastics Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities
Objectives
With the co-funding of the European Commission’s LIFE-Environment programme, the project APPRICOD - Assessing the Potential of Plastic Recycling in Construction and Demolition Activities – lasted from December 2003 to Mai 2006. It aimed at developing a partnership between various European actors to promote the selective collection of plastic waste from construction and demolition (C&D) activities.
Its objectives:
- to optimise the selective collection of plastic waste from C&D sites. To achieve this, a variety of sorting and selective collection scenarios were evaluated in pilot projects
- to evaluate the costs associated with the selective collection of plastic C&D waste
- to disseminate at European level examples of sustainable management of plastic C&D waste
Activities
ACR+ and the partners have contributed to the project, notably through the analysis and description of the legal framework and of the practical organisation of the C&D waste management in several European countries (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Denmark). The project has constituted one of the important activities in 2006 since ACR+ was responsible for drawing conclusions from the actions implemented and for the dissemination of the project results.
In order to do so, ACR+ with the contribution of IBGE-BIM have organised a European Worskhop held in Brussels on 24th April 2006.
Deliverables
ACR+ has produced a summary leaflet, as well as a guide entitled “Towards Sustainable Plastic Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Europe”.
The objectives of this guide are:
- to provide information on the technical, environmental and economic aspects of plastic C&D waste management
- to give an insight view on current leading experiences for plastic C&D waste sorting and recycling based on the European and specific national legal and financial frameworks
- to learn from the experience of the pilot-projects carried out at local and regional level as part of the Life project APPRICOD. These pilot projects aimed at implementing different scenarios for sorting and selectively collecting plastic C&D waste
- to draft practical recommendations towards public authorities, especially local and regional authorities and good practices for the C&D sector with the common objective of promoting plastic C&D waste sorting and recycling
The guide “Towards Sustainable Plastic Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Europe” is available in 6 languages.
You can freely download the full table of contents here:
Download the full report (free of charge):
The leaflet, which summerizes the project, is available in:
Copies of all the deliverables can be ordered (depending on stock available) at the ACR+ secretariat by filling in the form.
Partnership
This project is based on a partnership between local and regional authorities, European federations of plastics industry, and the construction and demolition sector.
Local and regional authorities:
- ACR+: Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management, Belgium
- ARC : Agència de Residus de Catalunya , Spain
- IBGE-BIM: Brussels Institute for the Management of the Environment, Belgium
- LIPOR : Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto, Portugal
- Provincia di Ancona, Italia
Construction and demolition sector:
- BBRI: Belgian Building Research Institute, Belgium
- CCB-C : Brussel Confederation of Construction, Belgium
- EDA: European Demolition Association, The Netherlands
Plastics industry :
- PlasticsEurope, formerly APME: Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe, Belgium
- ECVM: European Confederation of Vinyl Manufacturers, Belgium
- EuPC: European Plastics Converters, Belgium
- EuPR: European Plastics Recyclers, Belgium
With the contribution of LIFE, financial instrument of the European Commission (DG Environment Directorate E / Life-Environment)
Coordinator : IBGE-BIM: Brussels Institute for the Management of the Environment, Belgium
Duration: 30 months (November 2003 to May 2006)
For more information, visit the APPRICOD project website
For any further information:
O. De Clercq - odc@acrplus.org - Tel +32 2 775 78 57
C. Piersotte - cpi@acrplus.org - Tel +32 2 775 75 84