Veerle Vermeyen

Veerle Vermeyen
Doctoral Candidate - Circular economy for clothing
Team of Sustainability Assessments of Materials and Circular Economy
Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 - bus 2450
3001 Leuven
België
lokaal: 00.48

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Get to know Veerle

After graduating from the KU Leuven with a masters in bio-science engineering in 2017, Veerle Vermeyen initially worked for approximately two years around agricultural policy before finding her way to circular economy. At the KU Leuven, she spent two years creating indicators to guide the transition to a circular economy in Flanders, with a special focus on consumer goods (textiles, electronics, etc.) and nutrition. This research frames within the research line of the Circular Economy Policy Research Centre, which aims to create a monitor to track the transition of the circular economy for Flanders. In december 2021, Veerle started a PhD researching the possible sustainability gains of closed-loop clothing recycling in a circular economy. Outside of work, Veerle likes to be creative, go on adventures and sport.

 

 

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  • presentation
    Vermeyen, Veerle; 2023. Modeling the current and future flow of post-consumer textile waste in Flanders and the Netherlands.
    LIRIAS4093081
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  • journal-article
    Reich, René Herbert; Vermeyen, Veerle; Alaerts, Luc; Van Acker, Karel; 2023. How to measure a circular economy: A holistic method compiling policy monitors. Resources Conservation And Recycling; 2023; Vol. 188; pp.
    LIRIAS3945584
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    To date, the methods of compiling policy monitors for the circular economy (CE) often focus on recycling heavily and neglect higher circular strategies and environmental and social impacts. With 17 stakeholders from different domains meeting in several workshops, we developed a holistic method to compile indicators for policymakers steering the CE transition. Our method derives from a societal needs perspective and describes the manufactured, social and natural capital via the established Driving forces-Pressures-States-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) framework. We also provide a case study where the holistic method was applied in the CE monitor of Flanders (Belgium). As a result, our method and framework can be a guide for working groups setting up a CE policy monitor. Applying the method ensures including, besides material flow, also environmental and social indicators in the monitor. The method can be used on different policymaker levels, highlights valuable indicators, and provides direct feedback on enacted policies.
    Publisher: Elsevier
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  • presentation
    Reich, René Herbert; 2022. A Holistic Method to Monitor a Circular Economy.
    LIRIAS3762378
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    The concept of circular economy (CE) promises sustainability while economic growth. Such a fundamental economic shift from the established linear to the circular economy implies the challenge of how to assess this new economic form. To date, the methods of compiling economy monitors often focus on recycling heavily and neglect higher circular strategies and environmental and social impacts. In this study, we present a holistic method to create a monitor for policymakers steering their CE. Our method derives from a societal needs perspective. Furthermore, it uses the concept of the Driving Forces-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) framework, which is known in the context of environmental policy monitoring but was never used in the context of CE before. The holistic method was applied in the CE monitor of Flanders (Belgium) assessing the buildings and housing sector. We argue that the method allows the perspectives of different policymaker levels, considers the economic, social, and environmental aspects of the CE, and provides feedback on enacted policies.

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  • journal-article
    Van Schoubroeck, Sophie; Vermeyen, Veerle; Alaerts, Luc; Van Acker, Karel; Van Passel, Steven; 2022. How to monitor the progress towards a circular food economy: A Delphi study. Sustainable Production and Consumption; 2022; Vol. 32; pp. 457 - 467
    LIRIAS3759599
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    Within the food sector, the implementation of a circular economy (CE) can reduce resource consumption and emissions to the environment by moving away from a linear and unsustainable system. This necessitates a clear vision on what circularity for food means, which will provide a much-needed foundation to develop a monitoring tool that reveals insights into the progress being made towards a CE, and to expose the bottlenecks and opportunities. This research study contributes to the development of a shared vision for circularity within the food system, and defines and prioritizes a set of indicator themes to monitor a circular food economy (CFE). A two-round Delphi study was performed, including a brainstorming session with experts and the construction of a consensus ranking of indicator themes, considering the production and processing and the consumption stage. The Delphi results provide a shared vision on a CFE, and a blueprint for researchers and policy-makers on its monitoring, which will stimulate the progression from a linear to a circular system.
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Published online
  • report
    Vermeyen, Veerle; Alaerts, Luc; Van Schoubroeck, Sophie; Van Passel, Steven; Van Acker, Karel; 2021. Circular economy indicators for the food system. Circular economy indicators for the food system; 2021
    LIRIAS3761573
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    This report is part of the ongoing research at the Policy Research Centre for Circular Economy to create a monitor to guide the transition to a circular economy in Flanders. This report presents a guiding framework specifically for circular economy in the food system and provides a first set of indicators to monitor the food system.

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  • report
    Vermeyen, Veerle; Alaerts, Luc; Van Acker, Karel; 2021. Circular economy indicators for consumer goods. Circular economy indicators for consumer goods; 2021
    LIRIAS3761577
    beschrijving
    This report is part of the ongoing research at the Policy Research Centre for Circular Economy to create a framework for a monitor to guide the transition to a circular economy in Flanders. This report presents a set of indicators for the system of consumer goods, revealing how this system performs in relation to the principles of the circular economy.

    Published online