Kringloop in the Netherlands

Kringloop in the
Netherlands
Less waste, more resources
September 25th 2012
Budapest Hungary
Session 6
Herman.huisman@agentschapnl.nl
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BKN, Branch Re-use shops Netherlands
First kringloopshop established 1980, nowadays 8000 people
employed
BKN, founded in 1994, supports the development of
the branch by sharing knowledge and educating her
members.
BKN cooperates with several organizations: like NVRD,
Wecycle, Greenchoice and Stibat.
1999: www.marktplaats.nl online, set up by “Het Goed”,
Emmeloord and sold to Ebay in 2004 for 225 mln euro
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BKN, Branch Re-use shops Netherlands
Aims
Create employment and innovation in product and material reuse
Offer sheltered employment, to people with limited abilities to work
challenging, non-repetitive work, income (Human)
Reduce domestic waste
maximum reuse = sustainable acting (Environment)
Market
How?  Make from used products usable products
attractive stores for all incomes (Market)
Surplus
value
Human
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BKN
58 members
183 stores
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ISWA Vienna
May 2011
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What do re-use shops add?
Money
• Less bulky domestic waste (like furniture, textiles, books,
electronic equipment, etc.)
•Less unemployment benefits
Sustainability
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More reuse of products and materials
Less use of raw material
Reduction CO2-emissions
Instrument to awareness
Municipality
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Environmental service for the citizens
Sheltered Labor and chances for unemployed people
Local new employment
Attractive stores with second hands goods at low prizes
ISWA Vienna
May 2011
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In cooperation with Municipal
waste department
In cooperation with Sheltered
employment
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Other organisations
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Current situation BKN and her members
Branch develops actively
Stakeholders expect increasing quality services and products
Image of reuse companies needs upgrade
Branch focus on cooperation
Corporate (Social) responsibility is a ‘must’
Important tool “marktplaats.nl”
58 organizations, 183 kringloopshops, 8000 people employed
Municipality supports Kringloopshops in two ways:
Financial support for re-integration of employees to the labor
market
Financial support for service of waste collection and discarding
waste for free at municipal amenity centers
Kringloopshops can be collection point for WEEE (with the reimbursement of 82,86/t. They applied for the re-imbursement of
140 euro/t which retailers get.
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Thank you for listening!
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waste management department