Collecting and sorting of waste are essential components of

successful circular logistics . Municipalities collect waste direct

from the kerbstone or provide local reception facilities . In Ghent

the idea is to put such a facility on water . . A barge serves as a

floating area both to hold appropriate bins for collection and to

move the trash for further sorting out of the city – all on the

waterway !

At a hub , immediately after the barges arrive , bins get unloaded

and emptied , the waste arranged for on - ward transportation and

processing . A complementary project even considers using inland

vessels for this .

FFC 6 - Floating Bins

The future

This

allows

efficient

logistics ,

mobile

facilities

opened ,

example

festivals

large -

events .