The circular economy as a business opportunity: from urban to landfill mining

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1 The circular economy as a business opportunity: from urban to landfill mining Dr. Ir. Peter Tom Jones (IOF Research Manager KU Leuven, SIM² & President i-cleantech Vlaanderen vzw) NAMUR, 18/9/2015

2 Climate change, the mother of all problems First the bad news: About the linear economy and the vulnerable position of EU Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 2

3 Raw material supply faces major challenges: Europe, the poorest continent in the world Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 3

4 Raw material supply faces major challenges: ore quality continuously declining (EC, 2014) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 4

5 Raw material supply faces major challenges: incrasing complexity of products Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 5

6 Wih more and more critical metals challenges for recycling Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 6

7 Critical metals Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 7

8 Critical metals essential for the transition to a low-carbon economy Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 8

9 But End-of-Life recycling rates for critical metals are poor (UNEP, 2011) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 9

10 Luckily Belgian companies can lead in the field of recycling of/and (semi-) critical metals Just to name some: Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 10

11 Climate change, the mother of all problems The transition from a linear to a circular economy Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 11

12 Transition to sustainable materials management & the circular economy Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 12

13 The advantages of the circular economy (McKinsey, 2015) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 13

14 However there is a long way to go cf. MSW in the world Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 14

15 Climate change, the mother of all problems Recycling, urban and landfill mining: 1. End-of-Life products 2. Enhanced Landfill Mining 3. Secondary resources Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 15

16 1. EoL Products: Efficient recycling/urban mining requires holistic approach collectie ontmanteling scheiding voorbehandelen eindverwerking recyclaat voorverwerking eindverwerking Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 16

17 Closing the loop for rare earth metals: flagship topic at SIM² KU Leuven H2020 REMAGHIC H2020 METGROW Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 17

18 Example: Selectieve recuperation of Eu and Y from End-of-Life CFLs (using ionometallurgy) D. Dupont and K. Binnemans, Green Chemistry 17, (2015) + front cover Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 18

19 2. Enhanced Landfill Mining, a vision 150, ,000 landfills in Europe o o From MSW, mixed to industrial landfills From waste dumps to state-of-the-art landfills Do-nothing scenario is not an option o Remediation costs for the EU-28 are projected to be trillion euro in the next 5 decades Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 19

20 Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 20

21 ELFM in Europe 150, ,000 landfills in Europe o o From MSW, mixed to industrial landfills From waste dumps to state-of-the-art landfills Do-nothing scenario is not an option o Remediation costs for the EU-28 are projected to be 0,1-1 trillion euro in the next 5 decades ELFM targets the recovery of resources (materials, energy and land) and preserves drinking water quality Prioritisation is required: remediation need, content, location and size are key parameters Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 21

22 Classic LFM Enhanced LFM Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 22

23 Pilot project in Flanders: Houthalen-Helchteren, Group Machiels Total research performed since 2008 > 9 MEURO (incl. IWT O&O ELFM, EFRO CTC, MIP ICON PLASMAT) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 23

24 CTC flow sheet, incl. GasPlasma technology Waste in, bio-h2 and alternative binders out Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 24

25 Pilot project in Wallonia: MINERVE (Mont-Saint- Guibert landfill) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 25

26 European Enhanced Landfill Mining Consortium: 50 partners, 12 EU Member States : ELFM Seminar in the European Parliament! More information: Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 26

27 3. Industrial process residues: SIM MaRes Programme (Flemish level) Flanders has no primary ores containing critical metals BUT Flanders has large volumes of secondary (industrial) proces residues: phosphogypsum, goethite, metallurgical slags, ashes Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 27

28 MaRes Rationale: metals and minerals from residues MaRes aims at creating and demonstrating an operational, flexible toolbox combining pyro-, hydro-, electro-, bio-, solvo- and ionometallurgy technologies to recover metals and to engineer and valorise the residual matrix into highly innovative low-carbon building materials and other mineral materials Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 28

29 SIM ICON SUPERMEX project Valorising CM containing sludges (Nyrstar) and slags (Umicore) with mineral valorisation into geopolymers (CRH) (KU Leuven) Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 29

30 MaRes Roadmap Flanders: binders from secondary resources (case: MetalloChimique) IWT O&O COZIRAS (MetalloChimique & KU Leuven) 36 M investment in new fumer to clean fayalite slag new binders Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 30

31 Climate change, the mother of all problems Flemish & Wallonian collaboration the EIT Raw Materials: a world to win! Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 31

32 Circular economy and Flemish-Wallonian participation in EIT KIC Raw Materials Product manufacture 4. Substitution New scrap from industrial minerals Use 2. Materials Management Raw Materials Production End-of- Life 3. Recycling Technologies from Historic wastes concentrates (tailings, landfills) & ores Natural resources 1. Sustainable Mining Co-location centre West in Leuven Belgian core partners: An invitation to Belgian companies, universities and other actors to valorise our unique expertise Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 32

33 Thank you for your attention! Urban/Landfill Mining (Jones) 33