Tackling industrial waste Links

1. Links
   • 1. Life Cycle Assessments
   • 2. Waste treatment in Europe
   • 3. Waste treatment in Belgium
   • 4. Thermal waste treatment by cement producers in Belgium
   • 5. Thermal waste treatment by incinerators in Belgium
   • 6. Other relevant websites

 

Links

1. Life Cycle Assessments

• The website of TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, that conducted the present assessment:
  www.tno.nl/index.cfm?Taal=2 
• What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) ? Explained by PRé Consultants, a Dutch consultancy company:
  www.pre.nl/life_cycle_assessment/life_cycle_assessment.htm 
  Different LCA methods are detailed, including CML and Eco-indicator 99
  www.pre.nl/simapro/impact_assessment_methods.htm 

2. Waste treatment in Europe

• EU waste legislation presented on the website by the European Commission Directorate General for Environment:
  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/legislation/ 
  More specifically, two EU directives are particularly relevant to the present assessment :
  • EU directive on waste (2006/12/EC): http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21197.htm 
    
  • EU directive on the incineration of waste (2000/76/EC)
    http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28072.htm 

3. Waste treatment in Belgium

• In the Flemish region, OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders) oversees the management of its industrial wastes:
  www.ovam.be/jahia/Jahia/pid/973?lang=en 
  In accordance with a recent decree (Art. 48 §2 14° et 15°): www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2006/12/29_4.pdf#Page2 
• In the Walloon region, the waste division of DGRNE (Directorate General for natural resources and environment) oversees the management of its industrial wastes:
  http://mrw1.wallonie.be/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=232&var_recherche=d%E9chets 
• In Brussels, waste management is mostly overseen by the IBGE/BIM (Brussels Institute for Environmental Management): www.ibgebim.be/  (in French or Dutch)

4. Thermal waste treatment by cement producers in Belgium

• CCB (Italcementi Group):
  www.ccb.be  (in French or Dutch)
• CBR (Heidelberger Cement Group):
  www.heidelbergcement.com/benelux/cbr.htm  (in French or Dutch)
• Holcim Belgium:
  www.holcim.be  (in French or Dutch)

5. Thermal waste treatment by incinerators in Belgium

• Indaver operates a series of incinerators which constitute one of the waste treatment options considered in the present assessment:
  www.indaver.be/index.php?id=21 

6. Other relevant websites

• Neosys: www.neosys-ag.ch/index_e.htm 
• VITO (Flemish Institute for Technology Research): www.vito.be/english/