CDE has announced plans to host a waste recycling symposium this October in Brussels.
CIRCLE 2025 will see leaders from across the industry – including materials processors, technology experts, and legislators – gather to share insights, analyse trends, and discuss opportunities to rethink the industry’s waste burden.
The event comes as an evolution of CDE’s Circular Driven Economy Symposium, which was last hosted in London before the pandemic and attended by delegates from around the world.
“Natural resources are rapidly depleting,” said Eunan Kelly, CDE’s head of business development for Europe. “This is widely known and accepted. A conscious effort is absolutely needed to manage these resources wisely. CDE is leading the charge in this field, particularly in Europe where the legislative landscape is swiftly evolving, but rising to an industry-wide challenge requires a collective effort to close the gap.”
While also reducing carbon emissions, CDE said its wet processing plants have helped recover and channel back into the construction industry over 230 million tonnes of material over the last decade. The company’s sustainable solutions are used for a range of applications, such as construction & demolition waste, excavation waste, contaminated soils, road sweepings, hydro excavation waste, and trommel fines.
“Our solutions are already an essential part of the waste recycling ecosystem throughout Europe, which is driving the industry forward, but there’s still work to be done, knowledge to be shared, and benefits to be had for both the public and private sectors globally. The symposium will provide a collaborative space to co-author a sustainable way forward for waste management and accelerate the pace of change in Europe and further afield.”
Euan Kelly said pursuing a more circular economy is not necessarily about replacing every grain of raw material.
“Recycled and recovered materials won’t ever offset all of the demand, but, where we can, we should be supplementing raw materials with recycled products that can achieve the same end results. For years, overburden, scalpings, and crushed rock fines – by-products of the quarrying process often miscategorised as waste – have been stockpiled, meanwhile construction, demolition and excavation wastes have been landfilled. There’s millions of tonnes of it readily available.
“The market needs solutions that can drive down operational costs while creating new and sustainable revenue streams. Right now, many countries across Europe rely on imports of critical raw materials. The extraction and processing of these materials can be costly, both in economic and environmental terms. Factor into this broader climate commitments and we have a real confluence of challenges.
“Circle 2025 will bring together the best minds to help unravel the complexities of these competing priorities to rewrite the narrative around waste and shape the future of mineral waste recycling.”
More details and speakers will be revealed over the coming months. To register, visit cdegroup.com/circle2025.
