- Client: Port of Rotterdam
- Implementation period: November, 2021 - February, 2022 (Completed)
- Geographic coverage: The Netherlands
- Theme: Circular Economy, Environment, Environmental Economics and Policies, Waste
- Topic: Batteries, Biomass, Carbon, Environmental economics & policies, Plastics, Roadmap, Secondary Materials, Trade, Waste
- Experts: Koen Rademaekers, Liliana Guevara Opinska, Tycho Smit, Maja Lardot, Private: Sarah Elsaid
This study aimed at investigating the potential role of the Port of Rotterdam in the development of new circular value chains for, among others, plastics, batteries, biomass/biowaste and carbon. The objective of the study was to:
- Provide a summary of relevant legislation and the issues that influence secondary feedstocks.
- Identify secondary feedstocks where international trade is most important, and potential still exists.
- Investigate the current policy gaps and required policy amendments to facilitate feedstock movement. Explore the role of industry as one of the important stakeholders.
- Develop a roadmap of legislation and potential policy routes from key streams and policies.
- Analysis of market forces, dynamics in other comparable commodities and streams of recyclate.
