The future starts now: Annual Report 2019 - Impulse Programme for the Circular Economy Rijkswaterstaat

The future starts now

Rijkswaterstaat
Publication Date
February, 2020
Country
Netherlands
Language for original content
Jessica Reis Leffers
Contact Details

What steps has the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Rijkswaterstaat taken in the field of circularity in 2019? You can read everything in this annual report, intended for colleagues, other government agencies, research centres or private parties.

New in this report is the focus on climate neutrality, i.e. the ambition to have zero impact on the climate in all Rijkswaterstaat's work – including that of its contractors. It wants to work in a circular and climate-neutral way by 2030. Both ambitions reinforce each other.

More high-quality recycling of materials, an important principle of the circular economy, means less CO2 emissions and therefore less impact on the climate. On the other hand, working on climate neutrality stimulates the circular transition.