Overall mapping of physical flows and stocks
of resources to forecast waste quantities in Europe
and identify life-cycle environmental stakes
of waste prevention and recycling

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Overall mapping of physical flows and stocks of resources
to forecast waste quantities in Europe
and identify life-cycle environmental stakes
of waste prevention and recycling

 November 25, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alexandersalen, Bispetorvet 1-3, 1167 København K

Picture originally posted to Flickr as Little Mermaid (w/o tourists) by David Mellis

The activities of the European economy use a considerable amount of natural resources that end in products, emissions and waste. Products accumulate in the antropospheric stock (buildings, infrastructure, machines, cars, etc.). The degradation of stocks produces emissions. The demolition, dismantling of stocks produces new resources and waste. In turn, the recycling and treatment of waste produces new resources and emissions. What will be our future waste? Where will they come from, in which quantity?

How can we act now to favour the productivity of resources and minimise the environmental impact of our economy? The understanding of this complex loop within the economy from natural resources to waste and waste to resources, accompanied by its leaks of emissions to the environment is the core objective of Forwast.

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