Project
Cityloops
The circular application and mapping of organic waste streams in cities ensures that e.g. nutrients moved to cities with products from agriculture can return to agriculture (support for circular agriculture). The development of separation methods and qualification for organic waste streams ensures that they can be used as raw materials by (new) companies. Companies are challenged to test this in this project.
The project develops, implements and reproduces a series of tools and methods to map the flows of organic waste and construction waste within cities and apply these flows in a circular way. For organic waste, from urban green spaces, from consumers and from restaurants, new methods are being developed in some four cities in Europe to classify and apply them in a circular way. In doing so, Apeldoorn and Mikkeli (FI) will develop higher-quality applications than Seville and Porto. Existing knowledge from the first two cities will be deployed in the other two. In Apeldoorn, a classification tool will first be set up for the different organic streams, quantities will be mapped, and new separation methods will be designed. Then 3-5 business opportunities will be tested, with Apeldoorn acting as launching customer. Possible opportunities include bioenergy, nutrient recovery, protein extraction, fibre applications and PHA production. In the final phase, an expert centre will be set up in Apeldoorn where government, entrepreneurs and knowledge institutes can cooperate.
In Apeldoorn, the project will deliver an innovative separation and treatment approach for organic waste. In addition, 3-5 business opportunities will be tested during the project. Procurement guidelines will be set up so that Apeldoorn can act as a launching customer. A valorisation tool for organic waste will be developed. Five years after the project, there will be more economic activity on organic waste management and valorisation of the streams, reducing unemployment, the cost of processing organic waste decreased by 10%. The nutrients present in the organic waste streams can be efficiently and purposefully returned to agriculture. By 2030, Apeldoorn expects to carry out 50% of its activities in a circular way and reduce CO2 emissions by 50%.
All actions will be tested in practice within Apeldoorn and then duplicated in other cities. Because Apeldoorn, especially compared to southern countries, is leading in recycling organic waste, companies from the Netherlands can start applying their solutions in other countries.