Description
Estimates mass of materials being reused at city/sector level. ‘Reuse’ means reuse of discarded yet still usable product, for the same purpose, by a different user.
Definition comes from Potting; José and Aldert Hanemaaijer (eds.) (PBL), Roel Delahaye and Rutger Hoekstra (CBS), Jurgen Ganzevles and Johannes Lijzen (RIVM) (2018). Circular economy: what we want to know and can measure. Framework and baseline assessment for monitoring the progress of the circular economy in the Netherlands. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency publication Number 3217. The Hague, 2018.
Methodology
Sum up mass of each waste material category subjected to reuse. Data may come from waste management companies.
The information above is specific to Porto's evaluation plan. For general information on this indicator, please refer to
its entry in the list of indicators. What follows below is what has been filled out by the city.