WG for circular economy
The European Commission has adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan – one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth. Their (and our) vision of a circular economy is about conserving materials and resources in the system as comprehensively at maximum level and, hence, minimizing leaks such as landfill and waste incineration.
The production of AAC per se involves a materials cycle: AAC rubble invariably arises during the production process. This waste material is either processed to produce AAC granulates and/or returned to the AAC production cycle in milled form as aggregate. And this opens avenues towards a nearly closed-loop cycle for AAC – from the extraction of raw materials to production and use and finally to recovery and recycling of the building material after deconstruction of the building.
In view of industry-obligations yet to come and foreseeable economical and ecological benefits, the Technical Committee of the eaaca decided to form a working group for circular economy.
Dr. Oliver Kreft from the Xella Technologie- und Forschungsgesellschaft mbH took over the leadership of this new WG. The declared goal of the group is the definition of a CE-roadmap for the AAC-industry until 2030 and beyond.