EEAC - 12 September 2017 Lieze Cloots Public Waste Agency of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EEAC - 12 September 2017 Lieze Cloots Public Waste Agency of Flanders - OVAM

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600 500 400 MBT Collected separately 300 Incineration Landfilling kg/inhabitant 200 100 0 19911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013

Flanders toprecycling region: economic benefits ▪ The waste management and recycling sector has grown by more than 5% per year in recent decades. ▪ The waste management and recycling sector employs 12.000 people in Flanders. This is 0,5% of Flemish employment. ▪ Every direct job creates 1,3 indirect jobs elsewhere in the economy.

Limits to separate collection and recycling policy

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