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EU funding (€3,836,166): EU Training Network for Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining Hor1 Sept 2016 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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EU Training Network for Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining
Europe has somewhere between 150,000 and 500,000 landfill sites, with an estimated 90% of them being “non-sanitary” landfills, predating the EU Landfill Directive of 1999. These older landfills tend to be filled with municipal solid waste and often lack any environmental protection technology. In order to avoid future environmental and health problems, many of these landfills will soon require expensive remediation measures. This situation might appear bleak, but it does present us with an exciting opportunity for a combined resource-recovery and remediation strategy, which will drastically reduce future remediation costs, reclaim valuable land, while at the same time unlocking billions of tonnes of valuable resources contained within these landfills. However, the widespread adoption of Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM) in the EU, as envisaged by NEW-MINE, urgently requires skilled scientists, engineers, economists and policy makers who can develop cost-effective, environmentally friendly ELFM practices and regulatory frameworks. All this demands a European commitment to concerted, inter- and transdisciplinary research and innovation. The NEW-MINE project trains 15 early-stage researchers (ESRs) in all the aspects of landfill mining, in terms of both technological innovation and multi-criteria assessments for ELFM. The technological innovation follows a value-chain approach, from advanced landfill exploration, mechanical processing, plasma/solar/hybrid thermochemical conversion and upcycling, while the multi-criteria assessment methods allow the ESRs to compare combined resource-recovery/remediation ELFM methods with the “Do-Nothing”, “Classic remediation” and “Classic landfill mining with (co-)incineration” scenarios. By training the ESRs in scientific, technical and a range of soft skills, all based on a collaboration involving EU-leading institutes, they become highly sought-after scientists and engineers for the rapidly emerging ELFM and recycling industries.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| A.S.A. Abfallservice Halbenrain GmbH & Co. Nfg KG | ? |
| Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich | €375,738 |
| Heidelberg Materials Italia Cementi S.p.A. | €258,061 |
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | €897,840 |
| Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan | €417,461 |
| Linkopings Universitet | €373,517 |
| Montanuniversitaet Leoben | €255,934 |
| Renewi Valorisation & Quarry | €250,560 |
| Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen | €498,433 |
| Universita Degli Studi Di Padova | €258,061 |
| Universiteit Gent | €250,560 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/721185
The filing refers to a past date, and does not necessarily reflect the current state. The current state is available on the following page: FCC Halbenrain Abfall Service GmbH & Co. Nfg KG, Himberg, Austria.