Resource potential of construction & demolition waste
- Development of a common understanding and definitions regarding material resources/reserves in buildings (commercial, residential and industrial buildings) and infrastructures (e.g. for traffic, gas, water, electricity)
- Coordinating the establishment of a knowledge base, including existing technologies for material recovery from C&D waste and data sources on materials in buildings and infrastructures.
- Input to policy makers on the resource potential in C&D wastes.
- T1: Reviewing technologies to recover materials from C&D waste from a technical, environmental and economic viewpoint.
- T2: Reviewing different scientific methods (top down vs. bottom up, black box vs. white box, static vs. dynamic, data uncertainty concepts) to investigate the anthropogenic deposits and predict future C&D waste flows on various spatial scales (regional, national and continental)
- T3: Collecting inventory data on the building stock and C&D waste as well as information on the resource potential.
- T4: Integrating the WG outcomes into policy strategies and roadmaps.
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Resource potential of waste in landfills and mining residues
- Development of a common understanding and definitions regarding material resources/reserves in all types of landfills (e.g. municipal solid waste landfills, industrial waste landfills) and Mining residues (mine waste rock, tailings and metallurgical) deposits, both closed and in operation.
- Coordinating the establishment of a knowledge base, including technologies for material recovery from landfills/mining residues and data sources on materials in landfills/mining residues.
- Input to policy makers on the resource potential in landfills/mining residues.
- T1: Reviewing technologies to survey, excavate, separate and upcycle waste from landfills/mining residues into products from a technical, environmental and economic viewpoint.
- T2: Reviewing metallurgical systems required to extract and treat waste from monolandfills containing critical metals, targeting a zero-waste approach where metals and minerals are valorized.
- T3: Collecting inventory data on European landfills/mining residues and information on the resource potential.
- T4: Integrating the WG outcomes into policies, strategies and roadmaps.
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Resource potential of solid residues from waste incineration (WI)
- Development of a common understanding and definitions regarding material resources/reserves in solid residues (bottom ash and fly ash) from WI.
- Coordinating the establishment of a knowledge base, including existing technologies for material recovery from incineration residues and data sources for materials in residues from WI.
- Input to policy makers on the resource potential in residues from WI.
- T1: Reviewing technologies to recover materials from WI residues from a technical, environmental and economic viewpoint.
- T2: Designing a guideline for collecting data on WI residues generated in Europe (e.g. quantities, metal and mineral grades).
- T3: Collecting inventory data on residues from WI and information on the resource potential.
- T4: Integrating the WG outcomes into policy strategies and roadmaps.
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Integration of WG 1-3 & Classification and reporting of material resources/reserves
- Integration of WG A1-A3 outcomes on the resource potential of C&D waste, waste from landfills and residues from WI.
- Development of a common understanding and definitions for classifying and reporting of material resources/reserves in the anthroposphere.
- Link consolidated knowledge between WG A1-A3 and WG B.
- Actuate and promote the classification and reporting of material resources/reserves in the anthroposphere in accordance to existing schemes for primary materials in geogenic deposits.
- Input to policy makers with respect to the reporting of material resources/reserve in the anthroposphere.
- T1: Reviewing and evaluating Resource Classification Frameworks and identifying modifying factors that influence the classification of resources in three dimensions: knowledge about the resource, technical feasibility to recover resources, socio-economic viability.
- T2: Applying the Resource Classification Framework to secondary materials in buildings & infrastructures, landfills and solid residues from WI.
- T3: Integrating the WG outcomes into policy strategies and roadmaps.
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Knowledge Management & Dissemination
- Implementing the dissemination & exploitation plan.
- T1: Built up a knowledge base, including contact information about researchers in the field, links to study programs, research projects, literature, conferences, fact sheets, policy strategies and legislation, and dissemination results.
- T2: Coordinating and supporting the dissemination activities of the COST Action.
- T3: Registration of all dissemination activities of the Action Participants.
- T4: Continuous dissemination of Action outcomes
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Resource potential in residues from extractive industries
- Development of a common understanding and definitions regarding material resources/reserves in mining residues (mine waste rock, tailings and metallurgical) deposits, both closed and in operation.
- Coordinating the establishment of a knowledge base, including technologies for material recovery from mining residues and data sources on materials in mining residues.
- Input to policy makers on the resource potential in mining residues.
- T1: Reviewing technologies to survey, excavate, separate and upcycle waste from mining residues into products from a technical, environmental and economic viewpoint.
- T2: Reviewing metallurgical systems required to extract and treat waste from monolandfills containing critical metals, targeting a zero-waste approach where metals and minerals are valorized.
- T3: Collecting inventory data on European mining residues and information on the resource potential.
- T4: Integrating the WG outcomes into policies, strategies and roadmaps.
