APPRICOD 

Assessing the Potential of Plastics Recycling 

in the Construction and Demolition Activities

Objective 
to optimise the selective collection of plastics waste produced by activities of construction and demolition (C&D) and disseminate examples of good practices in this field.

This project is based on a partnership between local and regional authorities, European federations of plastics industry, and the construction and demolition sector.

Activities : 

• Diagnostics of the current management of plastics waste from C&D 
  
• Definition of selective collection scenarios 
  
• Test of these scenarios in some twenty pilot project sites in four participating cities/regions 
  
• Conclusions and dissemination of results, in the form of an inventory of good practices, a website and local and European workshops. 
  

Duration: 30 months, from November 2003 to May 2006

This project receives financial support from the European Commission - Directorate-General Environment (LIFE – Environment demonstration projects )  

Coordinator : IBGE-BIM: Institute for the Management of the Environment of the Brussels Region, Belgium 

Partners : 

• ACRR: Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling, Belgium 
  
• ARC : Agència de Residus de Catalunya , Spain
  
• CC : Confédération Construction (Confédération Construction Bruxelles-Capitale), Belgium 
  
• LIPOR : Servico Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto, Portugal 
  
• Provincia di Ancona, Italia 
  
• EDA: European Demolition Association,The Netherlands 
  
• ECVM 2010: European Confederation of Vinyl Manufacturers, Belgium
  
• APME: Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe, Belgium
  
• EuPC : Confédération Européenne de la Plasturgie or European Plastics Converters, Belgium

ZDROJ: ACRR