1. Closing the loop – An EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy

2. Circular Economy CIRCULAR ECONOMY Jobs, Growth and Investment
Democratic Change, Better Regulation
Energy Union and Climate
CIRCULAR ECONOMY

4. Construction & Demolition
4 Key areas of action
5 Priority sectors
Construction & Demolition

5. Production and Products
Embed circularity in the design of new products and the materials they are made of
Deal with current and future materials which are not circular
Ecodesign Working Plan
BREFs - industrial sectors

6. Consumption
Helping consumers and public authorities choose sustainable products and services
Providing reliable, standardised and comparable information to enable optimisation of policy and investment decisions
EMAS – EU Ecolabel Refit
False Green Claims – On-line sales of goods

7. Waste Management
Guided by SDG 12, stipulating that by 2020 we should :
achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle
significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
Legislative proposals on waste

8. Revised legislative proposals on waste
65% target recycling municipal waste by 2030
10% target to reduce landfill of municipal waste by 2030
75% target recycling packaging waste by 2030
One calculation method
Prevention
Simplification

9. Secondary Raw Materials
Better understanding of the uses of recycled materials
Clearer definition of the requirements they have to meet in order to be reprocessed into secondary raw materials that are
of comparable quality to virgin materials and
can replace them at a reasonable cost and with the lowest possible use of resources (energy, water, etc.).
Revised fertilisers regulation
Guidance for water planning

10. Implementation since December 2015…

11. 2017- What's next? Plastics Strategy
Interface chemical-product-waste legislation
Monitoring Framework of Indicators
Legislative proposal to promote water reuse

12. Plastics Strategy Improve economics and quality of plastic recycling
Reduce plastic waste and littering
Investments and innovation
International challenge

13. Interface Chemicals - Products - Waste Legislations
Increase safety
Facilitate recycling
Improve uptake of secondary raw materials
4 obstacles
Insufficient information about substances of concern
Presence of substances of concern in recycled materials
Uncertainties about how materials can cease to be waste
Difficulties in applying EU waste classification

14. Address water scarcity
EU-wide minimum requirements for urban waste water reuse for agriculture irrigation
Address water scarcity
*Encourage efficient, safe and cost-effective water re-use
*Increase the recycling of nutrients contained in waste water in agriculture
The legislative proposal on water reuse:
Affects11% of European population and 17% of EU territory. By 2030, half of Europe's river basins will be affected.
The legislative proposal on water reuse will set minimum requirements for reused water for irrigation and aquifer recharge. The proposal aims to encourage efficient resource use and reduce pressures on the water environment, in particular water scarcity; to increase the recycling of nutrients contained in waste water; and to contribute to growth and jobs creation by stimulating innovative technologies and water infrastructure.
Presentation new version JRC report in WFD CIS Ad-hoc task group - 23 June 2017, IA report will be finalised in Summer and Regulatory Scrutiny Board on 27 September [now postponed to end October]
WATER REUSE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESSES
The world water market is growing by 20% every year, and it could be worth 1 trillion € by 2020.
European products, services, and expertise will be available to communities around the world.
The EU water sector includes 9,000 active SMEs and almost 500,000 jobs.
A 1% increase in the growth of the water industry in Europe could create up to 20,000 new jobs.
A single framework will make it easier to implement water reuse technologies around the EU.
*Contribute to growth and jobs creation by stimulating innovative technologies and water infrastructure

15. Assess the progress towards CE in the EU and its MSs
Monitoring Framework
Assess the progress towards CE in the EU and its MSs
10 Indicators
Existing data from Eurostat and EEA
Building on:
Resource Efficiency Scoreboard
Raw Materials Scoreboard

16. Network of networks - Open Platform
Policy dialogue with stakeholder input for:
Good practices
National, regional, local strategies
Knowledge
Policy statements and commitments

17. CE Finance Support platform
EIB
National promotional banks
Institutional investors
Supporting the generation and financing
of circular economy projects

18. EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste
Support actors in the food chain
defining measures needed to prevent food waste
sharing best practice
evaluating progress made over time

19. Learn more about the Circular Economy