In 2024, TU Delft-startup geoFluxus ran a successful pilot project aimed at promoting circularity in the Rotterdam port area. The pilot focused on improving the recycling and reuse of materials and resources within the port. After all, it regularly happens that waste flows from companies are not processed in the best possible manner from a circularity point of view. For example, they end up in the waste incinerator, while they could also be recycled.
A Waste Profile Platform was developed to identify high value processing potential for the companies’ waste streams. The waste data were retrieved from the Dutch National Waste Reporting Point, so no extra effort was required from the businesses. The tool, however, allows for additional data input. The potential processing methods are compared based on three parameters: cost efficiency, sustainability and CO2-emissions.
The initiative involved collaboration between four pioneering companies with large waste streams and waste processing parties in the port of Rotterdam. This pilot showcased innovative solutions and practices that can be adopted on a larger scale in future.
Source Port of Rotterdam
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