Fons van de Sande, working at our Dutch COCOON partner Rijkswaterstaat described the added value of the COCOON project for him. Fons learned a lot of new insights thanks to COCOON that he will take with him to work further in the Netherlands. He also realized that the waste management policy is very different in the different European regions and that this opens doors to share experiences and learn from each other. That’s exactly what COCOON is all about!
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The final event of the COCOON project was held on the 17th September 2021.
A new project has been launched and communicated to local municipalities to explore opportunites of reforestation on landfill.
On 4th December 2020 the governor of Antwerp held her annual State-of-the-Province to province’s commission, focusing on the theme of “Our Soil”
On 6th November both COCOON and RAWFILL projects were presented at the University of Ghent during the Geological Research Seminar by Eddy Wille from OVAM.
The Dutch COCOON partner realized change to their waste management legislation. The effects will be monitored for 2 years.
The partners of COCOON convened on 1st of October for the 10th time to share experiences and learnings. The online meeting was organized by Rijkswaterstaat NL.
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The Kerbside campaign inspired in part by the COCOON project is live, supported with new calendar and visuals.
COCOON and it’s practices featured in media.
This handbook provides good practices in management of landfills learned through realized projects for the safe and effective management of waste.
The sixth thematic event will focus on the economic and legal aspects of landfill management projects and will take place on November 12-14 in Malta.
The fifth thematic event on July 2-3, 2019 focused on the recycling technologies in landfill management projects. Do you want to know what was on the programme?