Slush evening: The future of circular food in Helsinki on 30 November 2017. Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister for Housing, Energy and the Environment of Finland: Action plan for a circular economy

1. Action Plan for a Circular
Economy
Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen
The Future of circular food, November 30, 2017

2. Circular economy – new way to think

3. The public sector needs to lead by example
• The centre of excellence to promote sustainable and
innovative public procurement
• Accelerator to promote public procurements by local
governments

4. Conducive environments for a flourishing
circular economy
Legislation to enable and encourage the use of circular solutions
• The recovery of waste for earth construction will be expanded
• Reform of the Waste Act
• The National Waste Plan
• Smoother permitting procedures
Resources for research and development

5. Circular economy − a huge opportunity
• New businesses, new jobs
• Sustainable economic growth and wellbeing
• Goals of the Paris climate agreement and Agenda2030

6. Thank you
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