Circular Economy and Waste Markets: Preliminary study of the construction and demolition waste market and its implications for the circular economy

The present report shows the results of a study conducted between February 2019 and June 2019 on the construction and demolition waste market (CDW) in The Netherlands. The study had the objective to dissect the key features of the CDW sector, in terms of policies, governance, volumes and challenges. It aimed at understanding the key research and policy challenges for the reorganization of the waste sector in order to comply with the key ambitions of the circular econ-omy. In this study, the notion of circular economy is defined as the process of overall reduction of waste through the increase of its reuse as close as possible to its point of source. While recycling and secondary materials production re-mains core part of any circular economy strategy, we see the geographical factors crucial to facilitate the upscaling and repurposing of discarded materials within city-regional economies