We organise our actions in six thematic & strategic agendas:
Strategic Agendas:
Bio-economy
Circular Construction
Chemicals/Plastics
Manufacturing Industry
Food Chain
Water Cycles
Seven leverages provide additional support:
Leverage effects:
Lever Policy Instruments
Lever Circular Procurement
Lever Communication
Lever Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Lever Financing
Lever Jobs & Skills
Lever Research
What, why and how?
Why are we pursuing a circular economy?
Future visions 2050
How do we see our circular future?
About our management
Who steers what at Flanders Circular?
Phosphorus is a chemical element that is vital in the food-chain and is also used to make artificial fertilisers. Worldwide, however, our natural phosphorus resources are being depleted. That is why we will need to think about recycling in the future.
Human urine is rich in phosphates, and is therefore a potential source for extracting the chemical. But where do you find large quantities of urine that are not diluted by sewage water? The answer? At festivals. In a trial project, water purifier Aquafin used the content of the toilets from rock Werchter, and then extracted the phosphorus from the urine using a chemical process. Aquafin’s phosphorus cannot yet compete with ordinary fertiliser, but the technique looks very promising.