Policies for the Emergence of the Circular Economy ENP-EU Grant, Theoretical foundations

1. The Circular Economy
Teodor Kalpakchiev
the-enpi.org

2. Introduction: Natural vs. Technological Ecosystem

3. Guiding Principles
• Recycling
• Redesign
• Reduction
• Reuse
• Remanufacture
• Recovery
• Renewability
• Reclassification

4. Is it all about recycling?!
Codification:
• Directive 75/442 – “Waste Framework”
• Directive 78/319 – “Dangerous Waste”
• 1989, EC Communication “Community Strategy for Waste Management”
• Directive 84/631 – “Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste”
• Case C-2/90 – “Disposal under best possible conditions”
• 1996 – 2nd Waste Management Strategy
• Directive 1999/31 – “Landfill”
• Regulation 880/92 – Information for consumers
• COM(2005)666 -“Thematic strategy on waste prevention and recycling”
• Directive 2005/32 – “Ecodesign”, standards for recyclability and recycled content
• Directive 2008/98 – Consolidation
• COM(2008)699 – “Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production”
• COM(2011)571 – “Roadmap to Resource Efficient Europe”
• COM (2014)398 – “A Zero Waste Programme for Europe”
• COM(2015)615 – “Closing the Loop – an EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy”

5. Constitutive Elements of a
Circular Economy
• Eco-design
• Leasing Society
• Industrial ecology / industrial symbiosis
• Sustainable sourcing of Materials
• Urban Mining
• Secondary Resource Markets
• Resource Efficiency
• Waste management
• Plastics, CRMs, Demolition, Biomass
• Innovation and Investment
• Measurement
• Level of analysis: Micro, Meso, Macro, Horizontal

6. Circular Economy vs. 7th EAP vs. the SDGs.
Circular Economy EU’s Environment Action
Programme
Sustainable Development
Goals
Targets, Indicators, Comments
Reduce Usage of Natural
Resources
1. Preserve Natural Capital 15. Life on Land
Product Innovation 2. Resource Efficient, Green
and Competitive Economy
8. Decent Work and Economic
Growth
9. Industry, Innovation and
Infrastructure
12. Responsible Consumption
and Production
Waste Management 3. Safeguarding Citizens’
Health and Well-Being
3. Good Health and Well-Being
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
4-6. Policy Rationale and
Finance
17. Partnership for the Goals
7. Integration into other
policies and policy coherence
Industrial Ecology 8. Sustainable Cities 11. Sustainable Cities and
Communities
Circular Economy Missions 9. Address International
Climate Challenges
13. Climate Action
Marine Waste, Water
Efficiency
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
14. Life Below Water
Food Waste 2. Zero Hunger
Renewable Energy 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
Communication /resp.
Constructivist Action/
4. Quality Education
Decentralized, Multi-Level
Governance
16. Peace, Justice and Strong
Institutions
Polluter Pays, Producer
Responsibility, Resource
Taxation
1. No Poverty / Multiple

7. But what is it actually?
• An Economic Model, part of a
pulsing vision?
• An Exponential Vision?

8. Sources:
• Thesis Related Research.
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