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?
Circular strategies are hardly applied in the healthcare sector. 84% of the 40,000 tonnes of non-risk medical waste (NRMA) produced by Belgian hospitals every year is incinerated as residual waste. This project aims to initiate a major system change by implementing higher circular strategies for medical plastic packaging waste.
We are testing existing decontamination and disinfection methods on 10 plastic streams originating from hospitals. Thus, we map the technical, logistical and economic feasibility of reusing medical plastic packaging. In addition, we investigate how these technologies can be integrated into a local circular plastics hub where social employment and technological innovation go hand in hand. In this way, we not only aim for a positive ecological impact by reducing the materials footprint. We also link this to social impact by creating valuable employment for people distanced from the labour market. Thus, this project contributes to a more sustainable future for all of us.
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Partners Werecircle, Wase Werkplaats vzw divisie W-Pharma, Qualix, UZ Leuven, UZ Gent, Duomed Belgium, Roche Diagnostics Belgium, Imelda
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