A Virtual Marketplace for Waste Valorization

The reuse and recovery of waste are often slowed down and hindered due to the scarcity of information on its nature, but also to the impossibility of intercepting it before it is disposed of in landfill. Using a virtual marketplace through which handle waste streams could represent an interesting strategy for their systematic recovery. The chapter describes the results of a research carried out with the contribution of Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri di Milano on the subject of the cross-sectoral valorization of waste in building sector. The research highlights the role and the importance that information and its standardization can have in a circular economy scenario aimed at the enhancement of pre-consumer waste. The chapter deals with: the dynamics that can manage a virtual marketplace aimed at enhancing waste recycle (systems for identifying potential users, successful experiences already conducted, etc.) and the databases that can be connected to the virtual marketplace itself in order to expand the possibilities for waste recovery.