1. Circular Europe Network: circular economy models and waste prevention
Philippe Micheaux Naudet, ACR+, London, 16 February 2017

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3. From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
Circular economy
From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
The Circular Europe Network
Some local and regional circular economy strategies

4. Circular models & waste prevention
Preserving resources, environment & health
Creating (new) value
WP?
Circular economy
1) Circular economy is more than recycling
2) Circular economy includes waste prevention

5. 5 pillars for a circular economy
Territorial hierarchy
Multi-R approach
The role of LRAs
Shared governance
New business models
1- Territorial hierarchy: circular economy actions should favour short cycles that will then be connected between them and with the upper levels
2- Multi-R approach in the whole production-distribution-consumption cycle: rethink, redesign, repair, remanufacture, redistribute, reduce and reuse, recycle, revocer
3- Local and regional authorities are at the core of circular economy because they are in contact with all stakeholders on the ground and can facilitate circular economy through different instruments (economic, regulatory, technical, educational and communication based)
4- Shared governance: multi-actors (public, private, research, NGOs); multi-services (economy/environment/urban planning, etc.); top-down / bottom-up; political decision makers / technical staff
5- New business models (and business models that need to be more implemented): ecodesign, territorial symbiosis, product service systems (economy of functionality), etc.

6. Ecodesign 3 key options/goals: Better repairability and durability
Circular economy
3 key options/goals:
Better repairability and durability
Higher recyclability & recycled content
Removal of hazardous substances
Ecodesign aims at integrating all the environmental factors already in the product or service conception process, in order to reduce the environmental impact of such product or service at all stages ranging from production (also considering the extraction of raw materials) to distribution to use to end of life.
This includes reducing the use of non-renewable resources and increasing the use of renewable resources (while taking into account their reproduction rate), increasing the life of products and, finally, anticipating the possibilities for reuse and recycling.
In other words, companies should make sustainable development one of their key strategies, so that they can “produce better with less” or even “produce in a loop”.
It should be noted that eco-design is a most upstream phenomenon but does not necessarily have an impact at the final stages of the process: for instance, it is impossible to guarantee that a product conceived as recyclable will indeed be recycled (this depends on consumer behaviour in the post-consumption phase and on the availability of collection and recycling schemes). Local and regional authorities should, therefore, take a step further and promote eco-designed products and services, as well as take the appropriate measures to maintain them in the cycle once they are discarded.
Catalan Ecodesign awards
It is organised by the Ministry of Territory and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia, with the Waste Agency of Catalonia serving as the technical secretary's office of the Award.
Its main purpose is to reduce, by means of design, the environmental impact of products and services throughout their life cycle, and to foster the improved environmental performance of products, from the extraction of the raw materials necessary for their production to their manufacture, use and final processing as waste.
194 candidatures submitted for 2015 edition (including 45 from other countries for last category). 56 were selected for 2nd evaluation stage.
Examples of winners: ‘Cool Downlight’ (downlight using LED – products category); ‘Biennal Chair’ (mono-material chair for collective spaces – product under development catergory)

7. Industrial symbiosis Kalundborg model
Circular economy
Kalundborg model
Since 1960’s
Progressively extended to more companies
By-products exchange platforms in Spain
By Catalan Waste Agency & Chamber of Commerce of Catalonia (since 1992) + similar system at national level until 2010
Registered companies can access information on available by-products (industrial waste)
Free & confidential
Territorial symbiosis should be understood first and foremost as cooperation among enterprises in the area of resource management (“industrial ecology”), then as the concretisation of synergies among enterprises based in the same territory (“industrial and territorial ecology”). keeping in mind that these synergies could go as far as sharing certain infrastructures or external services.
Industrial ecology unveils synergies between different economic activities: it ensures, for instance, that waste or by-products from one company can become another company’s resource.
A reference model here is the experience from Kalundborg in Denmark, basing on the development of a thick network for the exchange of water, energy and byproducts from industrial activities, all in the same area (industrial park).
Moreover, the optimisation of production technologies and processes can also be envisaged at the level of a group of companies, not only at the level of an industrial park.
Following the approach of industrial and territorial ecology (ITE), the main resource and energy streams in a territory should be analysed, in order to foster new ways of cooperation between stakeholders, as well as to pool certain services and equipment (such as logistics or transport).
A key characteristic of ITE is the transition from competition to cooperation. The success of an ITE initiative bases on the necessity to rethink the relation between different industry actors, ensuring their access to data on material flow, and allowing for fair sharing of value among the stakeholders within a sector or cycle. Local and regional authorities can facilitate this process, particularly by playing the role of an intermediary in the area of information flow, preserving the most sensitive information.
The by-products exchange platform is a marketplace addressed to companies, aimed at facilitating the exchange of waste and other secondary raw materials produced in a company that in many cases can be used by another as a substitute of raw materials in their manufacturing process.
Several Chambers of Commerce in Spain implemented different regional exchange systems of industrial waste. But today the only fully functioning platform is residuorecurso.com due to the restructuring process undergone by Chambers of Commerce since December 2010, when the Government issued a law withdrawing Chambers’ funding.

8. The European Week for Waste Reduction
Circular economy
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Awareness raising of EU citizens about the 3Rs:
Decentralised process (national/local)
More than 73,000 actions since 2009
In 2014: action implemented by Zadar municipality: Exhibition “Waste management from prehistory to the present day” to give an overview of waste management throughout history – from the ancient times, through the middle ages until today, with a special focus on the future.
18-26 NOVEMBER 2017

9. From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
Circular economy
From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
The Circular Europe Network
Some local and regional circular economy strategies

10. The Circular Europe Network in a nutshell
Circular economy
ACR+ Members & desk research
20 years experience
Advisory Committee
Cooperation with national networks
Information // visibility
Related to the topic
1- created in 2014 by ACR+: the strength of the CEN is made of ACR+ members: cities and regions are invited to join!
2- cooperating with national platforms on circular economy, some of them already being ACR+ members
3- ask for cooperation and review by an advisory committee which members evolve according to the topic (including European Environmental Bureau an University College of London)
4- received some political support (including from the former EU Commissioner for environment Janez Potochnic)
Political support
promotion // visibility

11. CEN activities to help cities and regions
2- Providing tools
1- Connecting experts
3- Building capacities
1- connect experts at EU level, organise events and thematic meetings
2- analyse and provide technical documents and tools
3- support learning, train staff (work in progress)

12. Already in EN, IT, CAT, PT & ES
General guidelines for circular economy planning
Circular economy
Clarifying circular economy:
Basic concepts & objectives
Principles founding circular economy strategies (vision)
Key areas of intervention (material resources, sustainable production & sustainable consumption)
Circular economy in practice:
First steps for a circular economy strategy (cross-sector approach, stakeholders, parallel & other actions, metabolism, co-creation)
Instruments, cross-sector & thematic measures
Roadmap and monitoring
Already in EN, IT, CAT, PT & ES

13. 150 cases already Factsheets on circular economy strategies / actions

14. Factsheets on circular economy strategies / actions
Munich (DE)
Vienna (AT)
Nation wide (UK)
Oporto (PT)
Castelfidardo (IT)
Flanders (BE)
Västerås (SV)
Brussels (BE)

15. Capacity building: training and webinars
Circular economy
Topic
When
Tools for industrial symbiosis
February
Urban agriculture
March
Public procurement
April and June
LRAs supporting and engaging SMEs
May
Uncubators for green business
September
product-service systems
October
Webinars cycle
Summer training course: how to put policies in practice Venice, 3-5 July 2017
2017/02/07/summer-training-course/

16. From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
Circular economy
From waste prevention to circular models (and vice-versa)
The Circular Europe Network
Some local and regional circular economy strategies

17. The Flemish Materials Programme
Circular economy
Combination: long-term vision development (Plan C) + policy-relevant research (via the Policy Research Centre Sustainable Materials Management – SuMMa) concrete actions under 9 levers (Agenda 2020)
Materials Decree (2011): whole cycle of products
Strong focus on eco-design
Support to innovative business models
Focus on priority sectors: construction, bio-economy, chemicals & plastics, critical metals, and new materials
1) Sustainable design; 2) Smart collaboration; 3) Smart investments; 4) Improved regulations; 5) Sustainable materials management in construction; 6) Sustainable chemistry and plastics in a closed cycle; 7) Bio-economy; 8) (Critical) metals in a continuous cycle; 9) New materials and material technologies

18. Brussels regional plan for circular economy
Based on experience of Employment-Environment Alliance ( ) + urban metabolism study
111 measures in 4 parts: transversal, sectorial, territorial, governance
Sectorial public-private actions plans on circular economy (Construction, Resource/Waste, Logistic, Retail, Food)
Examples of focus: eco-design, product-service systems, support to SMEs & innovative businesses
There are 4 parts:
The first part is the transversal part: it concerns all the economic actors and aims to establish a favourable regulatory framework, economic aids, development of innovation, sustainable and innovative public procurements. The aims are also to create or orientate new type of training sessions for new jobs adapted to the demands of Brussels job seekers.
Meanwhile the second part, the sectorial measures, wants to be very practical in terms of sectors. These sectors that have been chosen for their potential for jobs’ creation, their impact with regards to carbon emissions and because they are at the heart of the most important challenges facing Brussels: construction, resources and waste, logistics, retail as well as food (which is the objective of the Good Food Strategy, a strategy dedicated for food approved by the Government early 2016).
The third part is territorial. In order to complement the transversal and sectorial measures, the PREC will strive to mobilise the actors of the territory from the neighbourhoods and until the metropolitan area.
The fourth and final part relates to governance. In short, the objectives attributed to the Regional Programme for the Circular Economy cannot be achieved if special attention is not paid to the implementation of the governance that will ensue. The PREC is to be steered by 3 ministries and will unite not fewer than 13 partner administrations that will require coordination.

19. Liguria Circular
Circular economy
Permanent regional forum on circular economy created by the city of Genoa & AMIU
3 main actions:
Development of Circular Economy projects in Liguria. 4 working groups (Food waste reduction; Resource efficient buildings; Sustainable products design; Waste as Resource)
Dissemination of Circular Economy culture
Networking between all local stakeholders and with the national and EU levels
Various proposals presented (reprocessing of products, ICT tools, industrial processes, 3D printing based on recycled palstics, etc.)

20. Making things last in Scotland
Circular economy
Strategy developed by Scottish government & Zero Waste Scotland
Focus on 4 themes: Food & drink and bio-economy; Remanufacture; Construction; Energy infrastructure
Legal framework to preserve resources (+ procurement reform in 2014)
Circular Economy Investment Fund (to support SMEs)
Education & communication (including coaching and branch agreements)

21. Amsterdam, circular metropolitan area
Circular economy
Strategy launched by Amsterdam 3 parts: Coherence and ambition, Energy, Circularity of resources
Actions focused on urban planning (port, district development, activity cluster), resource management (bio, water, waste), support to innovation in SMEs, awareness
Interesting approach: urban metabolism via the ‘circle scan’ instrument

22. The 3rd Industrial Revolution in Nord-Pas de Calais
Circular economy
8 working groups to elaborate a Master Plan (2013)
Funding instruments: European, national and regional investments + specific tools (regional savings account, finance manual, crowdfunding)
Regional plans and facilitation by the regional authority
5 pillars: renewables, positive-energy buildings, energy storage, “energy Internet” distribution, mobility of goods and people
Communication and visibility of local initiatives
1) Sustainable design; 2) Smart collaboration; 3) Smart investments; 4) Improved regulations; 5) Sustainable materials management in construction; 6) Sustainable chemistry and plastics in a closed cycle; 7) Bio-economy; 8) (Critical) metals in a continuous cycle; 9) New materials and material technologies

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