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Waste as a Resource is key for Resource Efficiency

Best Practices and Outlook from SUEZ Environnement

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A shared

vision of what’s

at

stake Doing

more with

less

José-Manuel Barroso

• Continuing our current patterns of resource use is not an option

• They put too much pressure on our planet and make our economy more dependent on external supplies

• A smarter use of scarce resources is therefore a strategic necessity, but also an economic opportunity

• Through more resource-efficiency, clearer long-term policies and joint investments in green innovation, we are strengthening the basis for growth and jobs for our citizens and delivering on our climate and energy objectives

• Using natural resources more efficiently

– Imagining products that consume less during both the production and usage phases

– Giving waste a second life as material or energy in a safe and controlled way

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Would bring many benefits– Conserve natural resources – Decrease dependency on primary

resources and secure supply– Reduce manufacturing costs and increase

competitive position– Reduce volume of ultimate waste– Reduce overall impact on the environment– Contribute to Climate Change Goals by

reducing GHG emissions– Create local jobs

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EU is dependent on ResourcesPopulation Growth

A Critical EU Resource Perspective

Scarcity and dependency are increasing Resource prices are volatile and rising

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RE: key role for waste management Catalyst for the circular economy

• Limit the negative impacts

of human activity on health and the environment

• Give resources a second life

in a controllable way: produce secondary raw materials and recover energy from waste

Waste management can achieve an additional reduction in CO2 emissions of

146 Mt/year (19% EU 2020 target)

Waste management and recycling industries in the EU generate a turnover of €95 billion and provide between 1,2 and 1,5 million jobs

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WFD • Quantitative targets

Recycling Landfilling

• Qualitative targets IED

• Source Separation• Landfill Directive

• Climate & Energy Package20% CO2 reduction20% renewable energyEnergy efficiency

• ETS• EU Recycling Society• End-of-Waste criteria

• Green Public Procurement• Energy Efficiency• Eco-label

• 10% bio-fuels • Eco-design• Energy Efficiency • REACH• ETS• Producer Responsibility

EU Regulation

is heading

for Resource Efficiency (Sectoral

Regulation: Waste, Climate, Energy, Products, Prod. Resp.)

“Regulation aimed at a green, environmental friendly economy by resource reduction, energy efficiency, waste reduction and waste valorization”

WFD • Recycling • End-of-Waste criteria

• 20% renewable energy target• R1 status for Energy-from-Waste

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Examples of Resource Efficiency in Practice

Closing the cycle for new flows

EPS Packaging Foam -> GeoBlock

Bottle 2 Bottle recycling“r-PET” for Evian-Volvic

Green Office TNTLEED platinum certified> 95% recycling of building waste

SITA Agora Eco-ParkCar dismantling with Renault85% recovery rate (95% in 2015)

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Examples of Resource Efficiency in Practice

Recyfuel: making a dedicated fuels for the Cement Industry

Saving Primary Fuels

One stop shop for McDonaldsSustainable & Efficient

State of the Art EfW plants

Energy & Heat optimization

Eco-Park City Heating/Green Houses

Opening of the State of the Art Plastic Sorting Center Rotterdam

80% Mat.Recycled Plastic Packages

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Examples of Resource Efficiency in Practice

Producer Responsibility Packaging

Enabling Industry to fulfill its obligations as efficiently as possible

Set the standardCO2 accounting waste management

Regeneration of solventsSaving Primary Resources

Quantify sustainability: SITA CO2 scanIf you can measure it

… you can manage it

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Examples of Resource Efficiency in Practice

Green logistics: On-board computer

Saving fuel & optimizing back office

Green LogisticsWater transport burnable waste

Green logistics in ParisFully electric waste collection truck

Prepare for the digital age: SITA Web shopOptimizing transactions

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Recommendations Recycling as driver for a resource policy

• General– Think Europe – Continuity and Consistency of policy– Standardization– Balance between Environmental and Industrial objectives

• “Do more with less”: proceed with EU initiatives and develop drivers for recycling– Give the example with Green procurement– Enlarge the scope of eco-design and eco-label– Extended Producer Responsibility: strengthen the principle of the polluter pays

• Involve and Influence the consumer– Awareness raising– Eco-label– Source separation

• Stimulate R&D and value-chain collaboration– Eco-design & Design for Recycling, substitution, recycling, system changes, behavior…

• Scarcity as an industrial opportunity!

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• EU LPF– Coherent standards and LPF in WSR controls: prevent leakage

• “If you can measure it you can manage it”– Prioritize resources and set long term targets to catch recyclables

• Scarcity, environmental pressure, EU competitiveness– Industry segment benchmarking as starting point for policy

• Potential for sustainable gain of materials, energy, water, ..

• Do the mathematics– Cherish frontrunners but there is a need to involve critical mass of Industry and Consumers

• Use “Carrot and Stick”

to stimulate offer and demand of recyclables– Bans, fines, taxation, stimulation?

• Lower VAT for sustainable goods?• Minimum % of recyclables in products?

– True environmental pressure part of overall product costs?• Taxation based on labor shifts to taxation based on consumption?• Explore market mechanism of recycling certificates

Recommendations Recycling as driver for a resource policy

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Thank you for your attention!More info: freek.vaneijk@sita.nlwww.suez-environnement.com

SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s contribution to Resource Efficiency• 278 sorting centres• 99 composting platforms• 85 recovery facilities for WEEE• 12 M tons of secondary raw materials• 2.8 M tons of avoided emissions