Department

• School of Business and Management

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Expertise

• Circular Economy
• Waste and material management
• Food waste prevention
• Environmental management
• Education for sustainability

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Projects

• Circular economy for SME’s  in manufacturing (2021-2022)
• De Keet: Hub for social-circular entrepreneurship Aalst (2021-2023)
• Education of ethical dimension of wicked problems related to climate change: a case for students of environmental and sustainable management (HOGENT, 2020)
• In-company projects (Delhaize Belgium, 2015-2019)
  • Implementation of separate organic (category 3) waste collection in 120+ food stores
  • Development of communication on separating waste at food stores and warehouses
  • Food waste reduction projects (turning bread waste into beer and animal fed, packaging optimisation, etc.)
  • Zero Food Waste: Food donation project (Flemish Food Waste Award 2018)
• Different project on waste management and waste policy (Profex, Arcadis Belgium, 2012-2015): see list of publications.
• Modelling microbial interactions in anaerobic digestion processes (University of Ghent, 2012-2014) – see publications

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Publications

• Raport, L. (2020). Educatie van de ethische dimensie van klimaatvraagstukken. HOGENT, olv Katrijn Cierkens & Carmen Leenknecht.
• De Vrieze, J., Raport, L., Roume, H., Vilchez Vargas, R., Jauregui, R., Pieper, D., & Boon, N. (2016). The full-scale anaerobic digestion microbiome is represented by specific marker populations. WATER RESEARCH, 104 p.101-110.
• Van Acoleyen, M., Raport, L., Laureysens, I., & Van De Water, C. (2015). Europese afvalstoffenlijst EURAL Handleiding. ARCADIS Belgium iov OVAM.
• Van Acoleyen, M., De Meyer, L., Raport, L., & Lambert, S. (2015). Inventarisatie van economische aspecten van enhanced landfill mining. ARCADIS BELGIUM iov OVAM.
• De Vrieze, J., Raport, L., Willems, B., Verbrugge, S., Volcke, E., Meers, E., Boon, N. (2014). Inoculum selection influences the biochemical methane potential of agro-industrial substrates. Microbial Biotechnology, 8 (5) 776-786.
• Van Acoleyen, M., Laureysens, I., Lambert, S., Raport, L., Van Sluis, C., Kater, B., . . . Ferreira, M. (2014). Marine litter study to support the establishment of an initial quantitative headline reduction target. ARCADIS Begium & EUCC iov The European Commission.
• Raport, L., Laureysens, I., Temmerman, A., & Van Acoleyen, M. (2014). Sectorspecifieke aanpak van de selectieve afvalinzameling bij KMO's. ARCADIS Belgium iov OVAM.
• Raport, L., Vertriest, L., Vandecan, R., Belmans, M., Keppens, M., Temmerman, A., & Van Acoleyen, M. (2014). Innovatieve inzamelsystemen in een veranderde ruimtelijke context. ARCADIS Belgium iov OVAM.
• Van Acoleyen, M., Laureysens, I., & Raport, L. (2014). Screening of ex ante conditionality regarding the consistency of national Waste Management Plans, with the requirements of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98. ARACADIS Belgium iov DG Environment (European Commission).
• Platteau, K., De Kezel, J., Raport, L., & Van Acoleyen, M. (2014). Uitbouwen van ecoclusters en industriële symbioseprojecten. ARCADIS Belgium iov OVAM.
• Van Hyfte, A., Platteau, K., Feyaerts, M., Van Aken, M., Raport, L., & Van Acoleyen, M. (2014). Studie rest- en nevenstromen - Haven Gent: Inventarisatie en evaluatie van de mogelijkheden voor uitwisseling van rest- en nevenstromen in de Gentse Kanaalzone. ARCADIS Belgium iov Havenbedrijf Gent.
• Leroy, I., Raport, L., & Van Acoleyen, M. (2013). Sectoraal afvalpreventieplan voor de farmaceutische sector. ARCADIS Belgium iov pharma.be.
• Van Hyfte, A., De Meyer, L., & Raport, L. (2013). De opmaak van GIS- ondersteunde energiekaarten en aanzet tot energiebeleidsvisie. ARCADIS Belgium iov POM Oost-Vlaanderen.
• Raport, L., De Vrieze, J., Willems, B., Volcke, E., Meers, E., & Boon, N. (2013). Biomethane potential of agro-industrial substrates depends on the inoculum type. COMMUNICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 78 p. 185-190.
• Raport, L., Bamelis, L., Willems, B., Bossuwé, M., & Raymaekers, F. (2012). Haalbaarheidsstudie vergisting GFT-afval. DLV Innovision iov Ecowerf.
• Raport, L. (2010). Open kweek van microalgen-bacterie associaties als veevoeder. Masterscriptie . Promotoren: Prof. Verstraete, W. & Fievez, V.
• Raport, L., Janssens, N., & Matlock, M. (2009). Treatment of tertiary waste water by an algal turf scrubber with production of biomass for anaerobic digestion. Fayetteville Arkansas, US: Project University of Arkansas.