EUROPEAN ENHANCED LANDFILL MINING CONSORTIUM
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5 lessons learned from the event “Recycling mining waste, a new business?”
On April 27 more than 220 people participated in the event “Can the recycling of mining waste become a new business?” Three experts from EC DG ENV, Boliden & Cronimet shared their views. Here are the main lessons learned…
Selective recovery of copper from ammoniacal leachates by ion flotation
SOLVOMET/SIM2 KU Leuven & VITO researchers developed a process to recover copper from dilute ammoniacal leachates of microwave-roasted Cu-Zn-Pb sulphidic tailings. The work was published in Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy.
Calendar
15-18/10/2018: Symposium on energy from biomass and waste
15-18/10/2018: Symposium on energy from biomass and waste Venice, Italy The aim of the Venice 2018 Symposium is to focus on the advances made in the application of different substrates and biological/thermal technologies for energy recovery from biomass and waste and...
Projects
Develop concepts and strategies for making landfill mining a viable activity – Sweden
Landfills contain vast amounts of metals, plastics and other resources, which if exploited would make it possible for the recycling industry to grow into a more important material supplier.
Concepts, strategies and measures for making landfill mining a viable activity.
Infographic
Data launched on the landfill situation
In collaboration with our partner i-Cleantech Flanders, EURELCO has published an infographic combining new data on the landfill situation in the EU-28. Based on bottom-up approach data were collected from several public bodies in Europe. Do you also want to know the headlines messages from this bottom-up inventory?
Videos
NEW-MINE animation video
NEW-MINE animation video explains the complex ELFM flow sheet: from the mining of landfilled Municipal Solid Waste until the conversion into recyclables and high-added value outputs
First ever ELFM Seminar in the European Parliament
The seminar, which was organised by two Flemish MEPs (Vautmans & Demesmaeker) and EURELCO, featured speakers four DGs of the Eureopean Commission (ENV, ENERGY, GROW and RTD) along with leading actors representing industry, academia and pulbic bodies. The seminar was attended by almost 100 people who actively debated the landfill (mining) situation in Europe. It was agreed that the EU-28 urgently requires thorough inventories of its landfills and needs to develop a clear vision with respect to the management and mining of its landfills.
Questionnaire on landfills, landfill management and LFM in the EU
EURELCO aims to further develop the knowledge on landfills in Europe and wants to improve the current infographic. The aim of this questionnaire is to collect EU-wide information about landfills, landfill management and LFM activities and policy issues. This in order to better understand potential drivers, barriers and enablers for LFM implementation and how such challenges could vary among regions. Please contact the leaders of ELFM mapping and system conditions for more info.