Een visie op de regeneratie van havengebieden in het Vlaams Gewest

How can contaminated sites in ports be reused for a circular transition? While the Flemish Public Waste Agency (OVAM) initially focused on the remediation and closure of landfill sites, it later diversified its services to include different types of contaminated sites and approaches, including brownfield and blackfield sites. We spoke to Eddy Wille (Senior Advisor, OVAM) about what is known as ‘land reclamation’ or ‘port area regeneration’. Eddy worked for 32 years in the OVAM’s soil department …

How can contaminated sites in ports be reused for a circular transition? While the Flemish Public Waste Agency (OVAM) initially focused on the remediation and closure of landfill sites, it later diversified its services to include different types of contaminated sites and approaches, including brownfield and blackfield sites. We spoke to Eddy Wille (Senior Advisor, OVAM) about what is known as ‘land reclamation’ or ‘port area regeneration’. Eddy worked for 32 years in the OVAM’s soil department and has been negotiating brownfield convenants since 2009.