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[BE] Network of Competence Centers – LE FOREM

Discovery course of packaging recycling and waste management in Belgium

Training programme – Introduction

Belgium is the European leader in recycling packaging, especially, with 87.4% of its domestic packaging waste recycled. The ban on importing millions of tons of plastic waste by the Chinese government is an opportunity for Europe to develop its own infrastructure and create a circular economy in plastics.

EU nations and European Parliament reached an agreement to set a legally-binding target to recycle 55 percent of plastic packaging waste by 2030. Pressure is growing for each European member state to ensure the recovery and recycling of several plastics waste in the most economically efficient and ecologically sound way.

Our country is on the cutting edge of technology in this area and invests in state-of-the-art sorting units combining the latest technical innovations such as optical sorting, air and ballistic separators for sorting up to 15 plastic streams (black plastics,…).

Lenght in days

1 day (half a day of theory, half a day of visit ) in July and August.
Possibilities to combine this programme with the following training circuits:

  • CDC Environnement “the production of renewable energy using photovoltaic technology”
  • AFPA Hazebrouck

Logistics and notes

Address of the Skills center:

Rue Pierre & Marie Curie 1 – 7000 MONS Belgium

Hotels :

See Booking.com – Mons

Transports :

–          Airports:

  • Brussels south-Charleroi airport – see Charleroi- airport.com (50 km from the center)
  • Brussels national airport – see brusselsairport.be (75 km)
  • Lille – see lille-aeroport.fr (75 km)

–          Railways : Gare de Mons – see belgianrail.be
–          Bus: TEC – see infotec.be
–          Taxis: see taxis Mons on pagesdor.be

Training programme - Day 1

9:00 – 9:30 : Introduction of the day
9:30 – 12:30 :  presentation of the following topics:

  • Belgian legislative context (cooperation agreement) and players in packaging recycling (Fost+ and Val I Pac)
  • Waste collections instructions
  • Sorting process
  • Recycling process
  • Communication tools
  • Eco design and carbon footprint of packaging

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 16:30

Visit of one sorting centre for domestic packaging waste between the two proposed below:
TIBI (http://icdi.be/):

TIBI (new ICDI) is a public company that meets every day the complex challenge of integrated waste management in the Charleroi region (for more than 421000 inhabitants), with the main concern of preserving the environment.

Hygea is an inter-municipal company created by the merger of the Public Cleaning Secor of IDEA, in charge of waste collection, and the inter-municipal ITRADEC, in charge of waste treatment. Created in September 2011, Hygea manages environmental services for 24 municipalities spread over the territory of the region of Mons-Borinage-Center. Hygea’s mission is to ensure the continuity of the public service relating to public cleaning while improving the quality of the service provided to citizens.

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