The networking session provided an overview of the SMART GROUND project, which aims to (1) collect and integrate quantitative and structural data on secondary raw materials (SRMs) from landfill sites across the EU, (2) identify the most promising markets for SRMs, and (3) evaluate the environmental, economic, and social impacts of extracting SRMs from landfills. The project involves characterizing pilot landfill sites, estimating their potential SRMs, building an online database, and creating a marketplace to connect SRM suppliers with potential customers like construction companies. The overall goal is to help advance the circular economy and EU waste management targets by exploiting landfills as a source of new resources.

1. NETWORKING SESSION:
Circular economy and landfill mining: key
concepts to exploit waste as new
resources
1. SMART GROUND Project
Marco de la Feld
ENCO srl

2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under Grant Agreement No 641988
SMART data collection and inteGRation platform to enhance availability
and accessibility of data and infOrmation in the EU territory on
SecoNDary Raw Materials
3° Symposium on Urban Mining and Circular Economy
Circular economy and landfill mining: key concepts to exploit waste
as new resources
Bergamo, 24 May 2016
Marco de la Feld,
ENCO srl

3. Contents
1. SMART GROUND ID
2. State of the Art
3. SMART GROUND Objectives
4. Circular Economy Approach
5. Waste Relevant for SMART GROUND
6. Characterization of Pilot Sites
7. Estimating the Potential of the Pilot Sites
8. SMART GROUND Platform Sites
9. SMART GROUND Market Place & Needs Fulfilled
10. WP Structure
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4. 1. SMART GROUND ID
• Project Start Date: 01 October 2015
• Project Duration: 30 Months
• Total Budget: 2.5 Mln
• EC contribution: 100%
• 14 Partners from 5 EU countries
• H2020 - Waste 4c - 2014
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5. 2. State of the Art
Enourmous number of still operational landfills
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6. 3. SMART GROUND Objectives
•Quantitative and structural knowledge from existing SRMTo Collect
•The data and information collectedTo Integrate and Harmonize
•The most promising marketsTo Identify
•The environmental, economic and social impacts triggered by
different processesTo Evaluate
•The existing legislation at EU and national level on waste
management and diffusion of best practicesTo Analyze
•The social recognizability of the positive impact of dumps
exploitation to obtain SRM among citizens & policy makersTo Support
•SMART GROUND Database
To Build up a Secondary Raw
Materials Inventory
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7. 4. Circular Economy Approach: “Closing the loop”
• Recycling 65% of municipal waste by 2030
• Recycling 75% of packaging waste by 2030
• Reduction of landfill to maximum of 10%
of municipal waste by 2030
• Ban on landfilling of separately collected waste
• Promotion of economic instruments to discourage
landfilling
• Simplified and improved definitions and
Harmonised calculation methods for recycling rates
throughout the EU;
• Promote re-use and stimulate industrial symbiosis –
turning one industry's by-product into another industry's raw material.
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8. 5. Waste Relevant for SMART GROUND
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29%
32%
9%

9. 6. Characterization of Pilot Sites
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• Construction & Demolition Waste
• Municipal Waste
• Mining waste

10. 7. Estimating the Potential of Pilot sites
Quantitative indicators related to the investments & economical utilization of
SRM: actual research, sampling & laboratories analysis to verify the potential
of the landfills. Contacts with operators or associations to guarantee co-
operation.
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SMART GROUND Methodology:
To collect information about landfill and SRM flows: number of closed/active
landfills, types & ages
To collect the indicators from landfills and Researach Plants

11. 8. SMART GROUND Platform
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SMART GROUND
Cartography-
satellite
imagery
Reports &
Statistics
Advanced Search &
Retrieval
Data from EU
Open Database
INSPIRE & ISO
Compliant
Unique user-friendly database

12. 9. SMART GROUND Market Place & Needs Fulfilled
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Legislators:
Decision making for evaluating
feasibility from environmental
point of view
Regulatory compliance and
regulation adaptation
Decision makers:
Decision making for evaluating feasibility from
environmental and financial point of view
Offer their available SRM, consult the price of
SRM of other landfills, and identify
potential demand and recycling companies
Optimise extraction and mining operations
Managers of waste recycling
companies:
Find suitable waste material provider.
Constructors and civil engineering:
Identify companies that provide
recycled materials for construction.
Citizens:
More transparency and access to
general information about landfill
mining and its evolution
Provide data for their statistics
Academia:
Find suitable data to feed their analysis and research
To easy the exchange of experiences, knowledge and
results
To spread the results of their research
Students: find information and data to develop their
works and research work at college

13. 10. WP Structure
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WP1
Characterizatio
n and modeling
of potential site
WP2
Material flow,
socio-economic
and
environmental
impacts
WP3
Databank
creation
WP4
Implementation -
Training -
Networking
WP6 Management
WP5 Dissemination & Exploitation

14. Project Coordinator
Marco de la Feld
ENCO s.r.l.
m.delafeld@enco-consulting.itwww.smart-ground.eu

15. Marco de la Feld
ENCO srl
Via Schipa, 115 – Naples 80122
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