Project LIFE APPRICOD: Assessing the Potential of Plastic Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities, LIFE 03/ENV/B/00019

The Agència de Residus de Catalunya, in conjunction with the regions of Brussels (Belgium), Porto (Portugal) and the Province of Ancona (Italy), is participating in the European project LIFE APPRICOD, Assessing the Potential of Plastic Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities, which is co-financed by the European Union.

The objectives of this project are to optimise the selective collection of plastic generated in construction and demolition, to disseminate examples of good recycling practices on a European level and to estimate the costs associated with selected collection.

The duration of the project is 30 months (November 2003 to May 2006). The actions to be undertaken during this time are:

• diagnosis of the current situation with regard to plastic waste management in construction and demolition;
• define selective collection plans;
• put the defined plans into action in 20 locations in the different regions that are participating in the project;
• draw up the project conclusions and disseminate the results obtained in the form of a list of good practices, a website and workshops.

The main beneficiary is the Institut Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l’Environnement (IBGE), which is the entity responsible for coordinating the twelve members of the project:

Local and regional authorities and a network to unite them

• Agència de Residus de Catalunya
• Servicio Intermunicipalizado de Gestao de Residuos do Grande Porto
• Provincia di Ancona
• - Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management

• Belgian Building Research Institute
• Confédération Construction Bruxelles Capitale
• European Demolition Association

• Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe
• ECVM 2010
• Confédération Européenne de la Plasturgie
• European Plastic Recyclers

For further information:

	http://www.appricod.org