ILvA wants to evolve from waste processing to raw material production and wants to transform its composting site in Schendelbeke into a circular bio-raw materials hub. With this project, ILvA wants to focus on sustainable processing of biomass and closing cycles by converting green waste into bio-raw materials for valuable (new) application areas. In concrete terms, ILvA wants to play a pioneering role by adapting new and existing techniques and applying them innovatively to various green waste streams. ILvA wants to set up this evolution step by step.

With the bio-raw materials hub, ILvA wishes to convert the site in Schendelbeke into a collection point where green waste can be converted into various high-quality raw materials in an innovative and new way. She sees the current green composting as a basis for this. However, she wants to convert the woody fraction, the coarse fraction of the sieve, but also a number of more homogeneous streams that are currently still being converted into compost at the site, into high-quality local sustainable raw materials.

ILvA wants to take the lead in this and wants to evolve from a processor of green waste to a producer of high-quality raw materials.

An important step is to make use on the spot of the woody fraction that is currently being transported to third parties. Converting this flow into a material flow AND energy means a big step forward in the upgrading of green waste, looking beyond just energetic valorisation.

With the bio-raw materials hub, ILvA wishes to convert the site in Schendelbeke into a collection point where green waste can be converted into various high-quality raw materials in an innovative and new way. She sees the current green composting as a basis for this. However, she wants to convert the woody fraction, the coarse fraction of the sieve, but also a number of more homogeneous streams that are currently still being converted into compost at the site, into high-quality local sustainable raw materials.

ILvA wants to take the lead in this and wants to evolve from a processor of green waste to a producer of high-quality raw materials.

An important step is to make use on the spot of the woody fraction that is currently being transported to third parties. Converting this flow into a material flow AND energy means a big step forward in the upgrading of green waste, looking beyond just energetic valorisation.

The biochar that is produced can serve various applications, including as a soil improver, a product that is similar to the compost already produced.