Zagreb, 6.11.2014 13th International Symposium on Waste Management Sustainable material resource management from local and regional authorities perspective Introducing ACR+ ACR+ work for LRAs data collection and data comparison Project work - EWWR – communication project Discussion with FB Topic: sustainable materials resource management from LRA perspective Focus: technical solutions, best practices ACR+ : who are we, what do we do Differentiation from MWE: technical network, help LRAs to find technical solutions; exchange best practices  sustainable resource management Vision CE: putting our activities in context Opinion on political goals based on concrete examples from our members ACR+: data collection and data comparison Observatory: help LRAs to collect and compare data R4R methodology & CC publication (to be amended, updated in the future) Zagreb factsheet as example In cooperation with the EC, close contact EWWR Communication project  Important elements to close the loop to CE / RE Lisa Labriga, ACR+

Network for local & regional authorities Publications ACR+ +/- 100 members 23 countries > 1000 LRAs Network for local & regional authorities Conferences 1. Who are we? International network: EU + Eastern & Southern Mediterranean countries Around 100 members, covering more than 1000 local authorities Technical network, help LRAs to find technical solutions; exchange best practices  sustainable resource management 2. What do we do, concretely? a) Grey arrow: Service to our members: exchange of best practices, publications, weekly newsline, conferences, webinars b) Blue arrow: Project work mostly involving members as project partners, all members profit from the sharing of acquired knowlede, & experiences Internal projects: WG CE, Observatory (European Observatory on municipal waste performances), EPR Club European projects: Horizon2020 (south Mediterranean cooperation), Regions4Recycling, European Week for Waste Reduction Webinars News

From waste to resources… Circular economy Linear economy Chain economy Resources Circular economy Resources Downcycling Upcycling Sustainable Production Production Production Close the loop! Vision CE: putting our activities in context Where are we coming from? – Traditional model: Linear economy Resources get extracted Production of products Products get consumed What is left is considered as waste and is disposed off  Throw away society! Where are we at the moment? – Current model: Chain economy Products get produced and then consumed What is left is either considered as waste and disposed off or it gets downcycled or recycled: Downcycling means the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of lesser quality and reduced functionality. It needs to be mentioned here, that for some material streams recycling works pretty well, without having a downcycling effect, such as for glass or paper. What are we aiming at? – Future model to reach resource efficiency: Circular economy  Closing the loop Sustainable Production, sustainable consumption and upcycling instead of downcycling Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. No or almost no waste is left Everything that is left is considered as resources, not as waste “Closed loop” recycling is basically a production process in which post-consumer waste is collected, recycled and used to make new products. This process can be as simple as using recycled aluminum to make new cans, or as complicated as weaving reclaimed plastic bottles into polyester for clothing and other products. For the closed loop system to function properly, consumers, recyclers and manufacturers must work together to reclaim valuable materials from our waste stream and use them to make new products. General ideas: moving from waste to resources, closing the loop Throw away society!!!! Better… but not ideal!!!! Consumption Sustainable Consumption Consumption Waste Waste From waste to resources

… multi-R approach REDUCE REUSE ACR+ vision since 1994 RECYCLE Remanu-facture Redesign Repair REDUCE Rethink REUSE ACR+ vision since 1994 Redistri-bute ACR+ vision since 1994: hierarchical approach to waste Can be broken down to the 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) Or to even more Rs, as shown in the graph: Production: Rethink, Redesign Production & Distribution: Remanufacture Distribution: Repair (preparation for reuse), Redistribute Consumption: Reduce & Reuse, Recycle, and, as a last option, energy recovery This graph allows us to examine a bit more in detail what a closed loop system implies: What does a “closed loop” system imply? Increasing the time products deliver their service before coming to the end of their useful life (durability); Reducing the use of materials that are hazardous or difficult to recycle (substitution); Creating markets for recycled materials (standards, public procurement); Designing products that are easier to repair, upgrade, remanufacture of recycle (eco-design); Incentivising waste reduction and high-quality separation by consumers; Incentivising separation and collection systems that minimise the costs of recycling and reuse; Facilitating industrial clusters that exchange by-products to prevent them from becoming wastes (industrial symbiosis); Encouraging wider consumer choice through renting or leasing instead of owning products (new business models) Recover (energy) Recycle Reduce & Reuse RECYCLE

Territorial Hierarchy WORLD EUROPE NATIONAL REGIONAL CITY NEIGHBOURHOOD SHORT CYCLE FIRST Part of the CE economy concept is also the idea of a territorial hierarchy: the short cycle always comes first when developing CE measures, ideas, strategies, and the “lower” levels are key for success  neighbourhood first, then city, then region; and only then the nation states, the EU and worldwide level

Local and Regional Authorities = Key Actors 1 4 Based on the idea of the territorial hierarchy it is already clear that LRAs are key actors on the path to achieve resource efficiency via CE They act on several levels: Legal and economic instruments: taxes, subsidies, introduction of PAYT systems, or direct support to eco-parks and related SMEs Monitoring & control Waste management: introducing/improving selective collection and recycling, setting up/supporting reuse centers Strategical & communication instruments: Planning Green public procurement Communication on behavioural change ACR+ has been working on most of these instruments and measures in order to support LRAs to reach resource efficiency. I would like to pick out four short examples today in order to dig a bit more into the role of LRAs and what ACR+ can offer to support them: Strategical instrument: Planning – The ACR+ Working Group on Circular Economy Monitoring & control - The ACR+ European Observatory on municipal waste performances and the new publication “EU Capitals Cities Waste Management Benchmark” WM: Selective collection & recycling – The Regions for Recycling project and the R4R method Communication instruments: Behavioural change – The European Week for Waste Reduction project 3 2

ACR+ Circular Economy Working Group Objective: to help local and regional authorities to build up efficient circular economy strategies for their territory Key principles: The multi-r approach A territorial hierarchy The key role of regional and local authorities New sustainable production and consumption models Shared governance and access to information 1st meeting: 4 November 2014 Example 1: ACR+ activity on planning Circular economy too conceptual, should be more operational, therefore ACR+ has been creating a working group on circular economy Objective: elaborate guidelines for improved planning and practical implementation of circular economy at local and regional level Why? Support LRAs to integrate the concept of CE in their planning and describe examples of concrete implementation Key principles – according to what I have already explained in my previous slides Multi-R approach Territorial hierarchy Key role of LRAs New model of sustainable production and consumption Shared governance and access to information First meeting held two days ago in Brussels Introduction to the WG concept, showcase of a few local examples, WG sessions on the general guidelines, and the two specific guidelines on food and construction Decision on methodology and focus To join the working group: Gaëlle Colas, gc@acrplus.org

Speaking the same language? Waste data collection & comparison Speaking the same language? Definition of municipal solid waste Heterogeneity of waste data Availability Example 2: ACR+ activity on monitoring & control LRAs need to monitor their waste data, in order to Know where they are and if they reach their objective  they need quantitative objectives in order to foster ambitious policies Identify territories with similar situation and constraints share good practices about material resources management State of play: All of you will know about the problematics of the currently available data of waste Speaking the same language? Definitions: no common definition of municipal solid waste (even between the EEA and Eurostat the scope is different + currently there are 4 calculation methods allowed by the European Commission to calculate the MSW recycling rate), also regarding assimilate/commercial waste Heterogeneity of waste data: different ways to calculate streams (also per individual/household, etc.) Availability: data isn’t always collected, or not in a way so that it could be used for a thorough comparison -- LA usually have access to data on selective collection but not about recycling rates (the private sector does and they are sometimes reluctant to make some of that information public) Thus, ACR+ is doing work on waste data collection and comparison, in order to: To allow some true comparative analysis of waste management performances To clarify some statistical methodological approach To find smart solutions for optimisation of waste collection and recycling systems

ACR+ Observatory for municipal waste recycling performances (still example 2: ACR+ activity on monitoring & control; activity 1: ACR+ European Observatory on municipal waste performances) 1) What? Focus on the analysis of selective collection performances across different regional/local authorities in Europe When? Set up in 2010 as a response to the growing need for quantitative data Why? Objective: sharing experiences and demonstrating best practices amongst different cities and regions to help them to: •    achieve higher selective collection and recycling rates, •    improve communication with citizens and stakeholders, •    reduce the negative environmental and financial impacts. 2) Results (example) Waste Data Matrix showcasing the data of the 17 members of the Observatory, year 2009 ACR+ organises Observatory meetings on a regular basis in order to assess progress, share expertise and define new working areas: the Observatory had this advantage to assess the selective collection performances using a harmonized method (same streams and same definitions), which was unique regarding European analysis and comparisons. It led the way to the R4R project Link: European Observatory on municipal waste performances Contact: Philippe Micheaux Naudet pmn@acrplus.org

ACR+ report on EU Capital Cities Waste Management Benchmark (still example 2: ACR+ activity on monitoring & control; activity 2: ACR+ report on EU Capital Cities Waste Management Benchmark) 1) 18 EU capital cities are covered: Thus not all are included, but we hope to expand this exercise in the future A brief introduction of what the report comprises: Introduction to content and methodology Factsheets on all CC that participated comprising waste data: general data, waste generation and treatment, total and per waste stream, collection system, prevention policies/measures, financing system Capital cities cross-analysis (two examples to be explained now) 2) Municipal waste generation Waste generated per capital cities (blue): 297kg/cap/y (Prague) to 878kg/cap/y (Dublin), median value being 470kg/cap/y (EU28 average: 492 kg/cap/y). average waste generated per capita at national level (red dots) : varies from 324kg/cap/y (Slovakia) to 668kg/cap/y (Denmark), median value being 495kg/cap/y Municipal Waste generation rates are influenced by several factors including economic development, population density, consumer behavior and local climate. 3) Municipal waste selectively collected Selective collection: separation of waste materials at source with the intention of recycling them. This includes door-to-door collection, bring banks, civic amenity centers, or a combination. Cities marked with a star (Helsinki, Madrid, Dublin): household waste only. One finding: Collection systems in the best performing cities are encouraging citizens to separate their waste at source for door-to-door collection of recyclables combined with additional bring systems. But, other factors might explain differences as well: variation in statistical methods, the scope of municipal waste (i.e share of assimilated waste), population density, national legislation, targets set and the effectiveness of selective collection schemes. This report seems to be just what people have been waiting for, as we are receiving a lot of interest for it. If you are interested in receiving the report: It is free to ACR+ members, all others will have to buy the report. Please contact info@acrplus.org for more information

HOMOGENEOUS SORTED FRACTIONS R4R - Regions 4 Recycling HOMOGENEOUS SORTED FRACTIONS When sent to recycling/composting plants Separated at source Example 3 on montoring/control AND waste management - selective collection/recycling: R4R project 1) Regions For Recycling project: provide cities and regions with tools that will help them to improve their selective collection and recycling performances  by using good practices from other territories in Europe first step for comparison: common basis, common method for the reporting of waste data Problem: Where and how to measure recycling data? Collected for recycling? Input to recycling plants? Output of recycling plants? Different methods in different places R4R developed one common method to measure this  Development of DREC concept to allow a real comparison and benchmarking between European territories 2) Method: Destination RECycling = DREC 3) DREC includes all waste that is sent to recycling or composting plants from homogeneous sorted fractions DREC covers data related to waste collected by or on behalf of LA, plus similar non-household WEEE and batteries collected by or on behalf of accredited bodies. DREC is related to municipal waste only (so household and assimilated/commercial waste) NOT industrial waste. Also excluded from MSW construction & demolition waste, end-of-life vehicles, water treatment and waste water treatment sludge, sewage sludge). 4) This includes fractions that get separated at source Outputs of sorting centres Outputs of plants for mechanical and biological treatment 5) Everything that gets not sent to recycling or composting plants, but to energy recovery, incineration, or landfill, is not taken into account. 6) The same goes for mixed fractions (residual waste and mixed bulky waste)… 7) …and for contaminated fractions coming from the homogeneous sorted fractions that go to energy recovery, incineration, or landfill This method has been applied in the territories of all R4R partners, it has been tested and improved. All local and regional authorities are invited to give this method a try in the free and open online tool. I warmly invite you to visit the R4R website to find out more, there you will also find contact details . Go ahead an try it! Outputs of sorting centres Otherwise Outputs of MBT plants ENERGY RECOVERY INCINERATION LANDFILLING CONTAMINATION MIXED FRACTIONS: Residual waste Mixed bulky waste 03/12/2013 www.regions4recycling.eu

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 22-30 NOVEMBER 2014 ! Awareness-raising actions on waste prevention, products reuse and materials recycling For European citizens > 12,600 actions in 2013 Ideas, tips and methodologies Awards highlighting the best actions Prevention Thematic Days 2014: Stop Food Waste Deadline to register actions for 2014: 13 November! Multiple levels involved LIFE+ programme, European partnership, technical Secretariat (ACR+) National, regional or local coordinators Let’s Clean Up Europe: Next edition 8-10 May 2015 Example 4 on behavioural change: the communication project EWWR 1) What is the EWWR about? Core: Awareness-raising actions throughout Europe on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Last week in November Actions are organised by all different kinds of bodies: public authorities, associations, NGOs, companies, schools, universities; but also by individual citizens For European citizens 2013: more than 12600 actions Ideas, tips and methodologies (how to organise actions on XZY) Awards to highlight the best actions 2) 2014 - Prevention Thematic Days 2014: Stop Food Waste - 2014: 22-30 November 2014, so far more than 700 actions registered – we hope to get more still until the deadline of 13 November! 3) Multiple levels involved Financed under the LIFE+ programme of the EC Run by a European partnership ACR+ acts as leading partner of the project and as the technical Secretariat Decentralised approach: National, regional or local Coordinators who are responsible for coordinating the EWWR in their territory: helping interested people with the registration of their action and providing them with support and information 4) Let’s Clean Up Europe Part of the EWWR is furthermore the development of a Europe-wide clean-up day(s) Bottom-up approach, involving existing initiatives that are successfully running since years concentrate clean-ups around one date  increase Europe-wide and local visibility Next LCUE: 8-10 May 2015 www.ewwr.eu and

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