Activities

The activities focus on establishment of a Territorial Circular Center (TCC) or “hub”, gathering all concerned key stakeholders in the field of CDW management. The TCC will ensure the necessary operational, academic, technological and communication environment in order to showcase the solutions developed.

Tasks

• Establishment of the Territorial circular centre
• Organisation of consultations and round tables
• Conduction of trainings and knowledge-sharing hub
• Development of B2B & B2C Web Platform (e-platform)
• Review of the existing legislation and proposals for legislative amendments

Results

• Establish Territorial Cluster Centre in BG (M6)
• Organise 10 public events in TCC, several roundtables and expert’s meetings (M6-M60)
• Training materials for various groups of professionals (M6, M26, M38, M50)
• Issue proposals for BG and EU legislative amendments (M12, M36, M60)
• CDW e-platform (M25)
• Legal CDW Association in BG (M60)

The activities focus on streamlining the pre-demolition process by implementing innovative digital technologies. This includes validating smart and innovative methods for pre-demolition audits (PDA) in order to support selective demolition, identification of hazardous materials, quality assurance of CDW materials, as well as the collection of valid LCA and LCC data for further documentation of the environmental and economic impacts.

Tasks

• Pre-demolition audit and assessment of hazardous components
• Assessment of pollutants in CDW on the quality of recycled materials
• Demonstrations, incl. LCI data collection
• Environmental and economic assessment

Results

• Guidelines for identification of hazardous substances and best practice in building decontamination (M36)
• Proposal for limit values of certain impurities (NHCDW) affecting recycled material’s properties (M24)
• Prototype for a mobile app for streamlined PDAs (TRL 7) (M58)

Activities concentrate on compacting a Mobile pilot plant (MPP) to process CDW and allowing for its maximum valorisation in construction products.

The MPP shall be initially deployed in the suburbs of Sofia where all the equipment, prototypes and mobile installations will be set up in a production line.

The MPP will have the following functionalities:

• Preliminary crushing
• Screening
• Magnetic separation
• Purification through flotation (washing up)
• Secondary crushing
• Drying
• Fine crushing (milling, grinding)

The MPP will leave the project site whenever necessary to execute CDW processing or for demonstration purposes.

Tasks

• Project site set-up
• Permitting procedures
• Setting up (Construction and commissioning) of the mobile pilot plant
• Elaboration of a system for production control and set up of mobile laboratory
• Training of the operational staff
• Two-year testing and assessment of the viability of the MPP
• Environmental assessment

Results

• Utility model for Cone Crusher certified by the Bulgarian Patent office (M36)
• Operating CDW treatment mobile pilot plant (MPP) (M24)
• Mobile testing laboratory in operation (M24)
• System of production control for 3 types of recycled products (M36)
• LCA and LCC assessment on the MPP (M56)

The activities concentrate on developing construction products from all recycled/recovered CDW materials, with market potential and minimised environmental footprint.

Three groups of new/innovative products are considered:

• secondary products resulting from preparation to reuse activities such as masonry bricks, pavement blocks and curbstones and dismantled insulation materials;
• new products from recycled CDW such as crushed stone, aggregate and innovative cementitious supplements for alternative binders;
• new composite materials with recycled content such as concrete (including lightweight structural concrete and concrete composites), mortars and masonry units.

WP 4 includes research to ensure the technical feasibility of the proposed solutions, specify how the required performances of the new products will be met and propose their most appropriate uses.

Tasks

• New products technical optimisation
• Conformity assessment secondary products, recycled products and new materials
• Environmental assessment of recycled products and new materials

Results

• Guidelines for reusing of secondary construction products from CDW (M24)
• Recommendations for using of recycled products from CDW (M48)
• Conformity assessment documentation of recycled products and new materials (M52)

The actions are directed to demonstrate and validate the systemic circular solution at municipal and regional level, showcasing the redesigned CDW management process and demonstrate different applications of the secondary construction materials and products from recycled CDW.

The secondary construction materials and output products produced at the pilot mobile CDW recycling plant are to be applied during the demonstration stage at 2 on-going GBS construction projects and 2 public sites.

The replicability potential of the developed territorial circular solution will be tested at local (municipal) and at SEE regional level by means of deploying the mobile installation for temporary operation at:

• a selected municipality in Bulgaria
• at City of Pirot (Republic of Serbia)

Both actions propose experimentally and validate a new form of public-private collaboration in the field of CDW treatment and recycling, as part of the new systemic solution.

Tasks

• Selection of new products/applications and demonstration sites
• Implementation, control and monitoring of the use of secondary and new/innovative products
• Systemic circular solution demonstration and validation

Results

• GBS Demonstration sites and 5 products selection (M24-M48)
• Public-Private Partnership model agreement (M40)
• Design documentation for the use of the secondary and new/innovative products (M24-M48)
• Technical feasibility of new circular solutions, incl. datasets from control and monitoring (M58)
• Deployment of the MPP and recycled materials at a selected Bulgarian municipality (M48-M53)
• Deployment of the MPP and recycled materials at City of Pirot (Republic of Serbia) (M53-M58)

The activities focus on ensuring the project’s visibility and impact during and after its implementation, by deploying numerous dissemination, communication and exploitation activities.

Tasks

• Elaboration of a detailed Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan
• Exploitation and Business plan
• Preparation of materials on interim project results
• Presenting interim project results in Sofia, Pirot and Brussels
• Preparation of final outreach materials
• Preparation of publications in scientific and professional journals
• Presenting the final project’s results in Sofia, Pirot, Brussels, Budapest and the selected Bulgarian municipality

Results

• Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan (M6)
• Business and Exploitation Plan (M30)
• Interim Report on project results (M48)
• Organisation of 3 conferences for presenting interim project results in Sofia, Pirot and Brussels (M46-M48)
• Organisation of 5 conferences in Sofia, Pirot, Brussels, Budapest and the selected BG municipality (M56-M60)
• Final Report on project results (M60)
• Publications in scientific and professional journals (at least 10) (M24-M60)

Implementation of activities to ensure the smooth and high-quality performance of the project. They will guarantee the complete, timely and efficient implementation of all project activities and tasks, followed within the respective project stages. The actions will be conducted within the specified schedule and budget.

Results

• Consortium Agreement (M1)
• Project Manual/Handbook (M2)
• Consortium Internal Quality procedures (M2)
• MOBICCON-PRO project’s website in English and Bulgarian (M2)
• Data Management Plan (M6)
• Periodic six-monthly reports, including financial statements for EU officers (M6-M60)