The WG Sediments Circular Economy is organizing a meeting on the 5th of September 2023 prior to the SedNet Conference 2023, from 9:00-17:00.
The session will be chaired by Bruno Lemière, Julia Gebert and Arjan Wijdeveld.
For registration, please contact Arjan Wijdeveld.
Greenhouse gas (GHG):
– Demonstration of GHG balances in SedNet CE site applications
– Is GHG part of the criteria for CE of sediments or should it become a focus point?
– Can we use the concept of ecosystem services (the Generic ESA Framework) for setting starting points and end goals (PIANC Report No. 195-2021) regarding GHG?
– Contribution from SedNet members to the CEDA GHG work group?
Trends in sediment quality indications:
– Looking at the OSPAR Indicator Assessments, which trends related to the CE of sediments are positive and are potential new threads?
– Discussion of a BU related topic which is in the spotlight: Impact of WFD TBT EWS sediment standards on the CE of sediments
Opportunities in policy developments:
– The EU Soil Strategy, what is it and how will it impact the CE of sediments?
– The new Nature Restoration Law, what is it and will it enhance CE of sediments?
– How to strengthen CE enablers and overcome barriers, lessons we can apply from the BU of sediment report by PIANC, Report No. 214-2022
CE projects examples:
– New projects
– Updates of the CEDA case study sites
– Planning of next meeting and field visit (April/May 2024)
– Welcome to new members
– Notes from the 5-6 July 2022 meeting
– The CE white paper, pushing for publication or a source for internal inspiration?
– White paper topics:
– Beyond the initial mass balance
– Definitions of BU concepts
– Incorporating CO2 and CH4 balance of sediment
– Setting up a synthetic catalog
– New topics potential of interest for the CE workgroup:
– EU Soil Monitoring and Resilience directive → topic is on the agenda
– Emerging compounds in water and sediments:
– TBT → topic is on the agenda
– PFAS → at SedNet conference (but are there new policy developments?)
– Cocktail effect of pesticides
– Pharmaceutic drugs
– Other topics of interest?
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
– Beyond the initial mass balance:
– Inspiration: PIANC EnviCom Working Group Report N° 195 – 2021(AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLYING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR WATERBORNE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS)
– Use of the Economic & Environmental Impacts and Benefits Tools for sediment, as developed by Munster Technological University by Branislav Batel/Joe Harringtonand Richard Lord/Keith Torrance.
– Definitions of BU concepts:
– Inspiration: PIANC EnviCom Working Group Report N° 214 – 2023 (BENEFICIAL USE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATERBORNE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS)
– Use of recommendations to focus on Value Creation and Ecosystem Services in our research and projects, do we have the tools to define value (see previous point)?
– Incorporating CO2 and CH4 balance of sediment:
– Presentation by Julia Gebert on the success story of GHG management in waste dump sites
– PIANC Blue Carbon WG ToR -> who participates?
– CEDA GHG ToR -> -> who participates?
– What questions and points do we want to be addressed in both work groups?
12:30-14:00 Lunch
– Setting up a synthetic catalog:
– (230425_ceda_Case Study NWW Adaptive Management Strategy)
– New initiatives?
– New: EU Soil Monitoring and Resilience directive
– Reflection on the directive (as written by Jos Brils)
– Discussion: Will the directive impact the CE of sediment and how?
– New: Emerging compounds in water and sediments (introduced by Arjan):
– SedNet’s reaction on the EQS for TBT in sediment
– Discussion: Can we use the opportunity to set sediment EQS standards for the WFD as a positive driver for CE of sediments? And how?
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
– Volunteers for organizing the site visit in 2024 (May – June)
– Volunteers for writing a short newsletter item for SedNet on a sediment CE related topic
– Any other business
– Interest in CEDA workgroup on PFAS
– Closure of the meeting