CE Intervention Matrix

The table below contains an open database of CE measures, costs, and potentials that could be fed into the models of the Horizon Europe TRANSIENCE project. Selected measures will be characterised individually in future deliverables of the project, but also potential synergistic and opposing interactions between them will be described to be tested in applied modelling

The database allows for different searches and filtering of outputs. In a future version, it will provide a translation of measures into either exogenous or endogenous variables to increase flexibility of adaptation to generate input that is appropriate for the diversity of the TRANSIENCE models.

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CE strategy
R-strategy
General strategy description
Example interventions: Plastics
Example interventions: Cement & Concrete
Example interventions: Steel
Transversal instruments
Close Recycle Process waste material to replace virgin material in the production of a new product.
  • Mechanical recycling
  • Chemical recycling
  • Recycling of concrete for recycled aggregates.
  • Crushed concrete for roads and infrastructures;
  • Recovery of recycled concrete powder as supplementary cementicious material.
  • Steel scrap utilisation as replacement of iron ore for EAFs
  • Better scrap sorting technologies
Close (Energy) Recovery Incineration of waste material with energy recovery.
  • Direct recycling of captured carbon from incineration, via e.g. CCU?
  • Gasification or pyrolisis to recover calorific value of plastic waste
  • Plastic waste and hazardous plastic waste for alternative fuels in cement production.
  • Not suitable for energy recovery at the EoL;
  • Opportunities for heat recovery in cement production
  • Not suitable for energy recovery at the EoL;
  • Opportunities for heat recovery in steel production;
  • Fuel substitution during clinker production from other waste streams from other sectors.
Narrow Refuse Avoid the production or consumption of a material or product.
  • Ban single-use items (straws, cutlery).
  • Packaging-free products.
Reducing floor space demand (cement & steel) ETS
Narrow Rethink Provide the same function with a different product or service design.
  • Product concentration
  • Redesign products for less packaging
  • Alternative systems of distribution (take back packaging)
  • Design buildings for longer life and repurposing
  • Public and/or non-motorised transport
  • Car sharing
  • multi-functional buildings
  • modular construction
Resources Taxes
Narrow Reduce Produce or consume a product at higher material efficiency.
  • Lightweighting of plastic packaging.
  • Material efficient packaging design
  • More durable product design (extending the the life time)
Light-weight prefab concrete
  • High-strength steels
  • Lightweighting (vehicles, construction structures)
  • Basal Fibers to replace steel (BFRP)
Cross-Border Tax Adjustments Green Public Procurement
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References

Potting et al. (2017)
9R framework + basis for strategy description
NCEP
Linking principle CE strategies with 9R framework
Reike et al. (2017)
Ness et al. 2015
Steel reuse
Kupfer et al. (2023)
Concrete/ cement reuse
Kanyilmaz et al. (2023)
Steel reuse case studies UK
Zhang et al. (2020)
Upgrading C&D waste in the Netherlands
UCL
Building Passport aligment alliance