EU project on waste forecast

• prepare an inventory of the historically cumulated physical stock of materials in EU-27 (EU-25 plus Romania and Bulgaria), and to forecast the expected amounts of waste generated, per resource category, in the next 25 years.
• an assessment of the life-cycle wide environmental impacts from different scenarios of waste prevention, recycling and waste treatment in the EU-27.

The work within  the FOREWAST is designed to favor the synergy between these objectives, by applying a generic model for material flows, stocks and emissions. The proposed model is an environmentally extended, physical, quasi-dynamic input-output model. This model combined with a robust method of Material Flow Analysis will guide the mining of new data, which is the main focus of the project. It will take place as a combination of “in-depth" studies in selected countries where high-quality statistics are available, and an EU-wide effort consolidating and calibrating different statistical and technical data sources.
The final workshop presenting FORWAST model took place on the CopenhagenUniversity  in Alexandersalen, Bispetorvet 1-3 on  November 25, 2009.

More information and presentation given on workshop is presented on the project web site