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Voluntary certification scheme for waste treatment

Project description

Sustainable treatment for critical raw materials recovery

Critical raw materials (CRMs) are important for the European economy. Thus, reliable and unobstructed recovery of CRMs represents a growing concern within the EU and worldwide. The EU-funded CEWASTE project has facilitated the recovery of CRMs from basic types of waste through traceable and sustainable treatment processes within the supply chain of secondary raw materials. The project has developed, validated and launched a voluntary certification scheme for the collection, transport, and treatment facilities of key types of waste containing considerable amounts of valuable and critical raw materials. CEWASTE has understood existing recovery practices, standards and verification schemes and developed sustainability and traceability requirements, an assurance system and related verification procedures.

Objective

The CEWASTE project contributes to an improved recovery of valuable and critical raw materials (CRMs) from key types of waste through traceable and sustainable treatment processes in the entire supply chain of secondary raw materials. As such, CEWASTE will address the specific challenge to secure the sustainable access to CRMs for the EU economy and objectives set by the EU action plan for the Circular Economy, the issue of illegal trade of wastes within the EU and to non-EU countries and the need to support the development of environmentally and socially sound recycling systems globally. Specifically, the project will develop, validate and launch a voluntary certification scheme for collection, transport and treatment facilities of key types of waste containing significant amounts of valuable and critical raw materials. To ensure a comprehensive approach and a robust result, the project will be developed along the following six specific objectives: Objective 1 - Understand existing recovery practice, standards and verification schemes; Objective 2 - Develop sustainability and traceability requirements; Objective 3 - Develop an assurance system and related verification procedures; Objective 4 - Validate the new voluntary scheme; Objective 5 - Ensure long term sustainability of the scheme; Objective 6 - Ensure a transparent stakeholder process.

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(opens in new window) H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020

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Net EU contribution

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€ 393 750,00
Address
LERCHENFELDSTRASSE 5
9014 St.Gallen
Switzerland

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Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Ostschweiz St. Gallen
Activity type
Other
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Total cost

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€ 393 750,00

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