Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta
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Categories<br />
Orgware<br />
48<br />
Possible tags:<br />
sort<strong>in</strong>g & collect<strong>in</strong>g<br />
recycl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
mixed wasteflows<br />
monostreams<br />
waste to energy<br />
circular <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
Possible tags:<br />
remanufactur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
repair<br />
recuperat<strong>in</strong>g patrimonium<br />
Resource recovery<br />
Waste is a resource. With resource recovery, disposed<br />
products or by-products are used to make<br />
new valuable products. This makes that <strong>the</strong>re will<br />
be less waste, more recycled raw materials and reduced<br />
landfill space. To extract <strong>the</strong> maximum value<br />
from waste is <strong>the</strong> aim. This touches upon <strong>the</strong> collect<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
sort<strong>in</strong>g, waste to energy... In <strong>the</strong> port area’s,<br />
resource recovery focuses mostly on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustrial<br />
scale of global material cha<strong>in</strong>s (textile, agri-food...)<br />
S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> ports make <strong>the</strong> transition from transit<br />
port, focused on import and export of semi-f<strong>in</strong>ished<br />
products and products, to a port <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> service of<br />
more local production cha<strong>in</strong>s, <strong>the</strong> resource recovery<br />
activities changes with it.<br />
Product life extension<br />
A product or component is reused by reparation, upgrad<strong>in</strong>g<br />
or remanufactur<strong>in</strong>g to become aga<strong>in</strong> a functional<br />
product or component.
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