Romania's Circular Economy Action Plan

Romania's Circular Economy Action Plan

RO
JURIDICE.RO
Romania CE Action Plan
Issuing Public Authority
JURIDICE.RO
Publication Date
10/2023
Country
Romania
Language for original content
English
Romanian
Key Area
Production,
Consumption,
Secondary raw materials
Sector
Circular action for climate neutrality,
Governance,
Measuring circularity,
Recycling,
Reuse,
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials,
Water
Scope
National

The Romanian Government has approved an Action Plan promoting the Circular Economy as part of the National Strategy for the Circular Economy (NSCE). The action plan sets out a national vision for speeding up the transition to a circular economy, with measures geared to the nine economic sectors with the greatest potential for circularity in Romania's economy: agriculture and forestry; automotive; construction; food and beverages; packaging; textiles; electrical and electronic equipment; waste; water; wastewater.

The action plan has a cross-sectoral strand including promotion activities and a monitoring platform. It also stipulates 52 priority measures scheduled to be rolled out between 2024 and 2032.

See the Executive Summary of the Romanian Circular Economy Action Plan.

Teaching Circular Economy to the Future Generations

Teaching Circular ECOnomy to the FUTURE generations
26 Oct 2023
Logo of the ECO-FUTURE project
News type
Announcement,
Circular economy event
Country
Finland
Sector
Awareness raising,
Behavioural incentives,
Circular action for climate neutrality,
Education and skills,
Empowering Consumers
Scope
Global
Key Area
Production,
Consumption,
Waste management

ECO-FUTURE is a 24-month school education cooperation partnership aiming to create an effective programme for teachers to educate children on the circular economy. The project was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the need to re-evaluate and redesign current methods and systems.

The project seeks to get students, schools and communities interested in sustainability, encouraging them to act responsibly at individual, community and global level, now and in the future.

A training course is being organised in Vantaa, Finland from 30 October to 3 November. It's designed for over 15 teachers from Finland, Italy and The Republic of North Macedonia.

Circularity in the automotive industry: Stellantis has made circularity part of its business model

Stellantis and the Circular Economy
Stellantis
Organisation or Company
Stellantis
Type of organisation or company
Private company,
Business
Language for original content
English
Key Area
Production,
Consumption,
Waste management,
Secondary raw materials,
Innovation and investments
Sector
Batteries and Vehicles,
Circular design,
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose,
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Scope
Global

With 14 automotive brands around the globe, Stellantis is a major industry player. In March 2022, it presented its Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, aiming to achieve carbon net zero by 2038 while reducing its consumption of natural resources. The plan is steered by the Circular Economy Business Unit and is based on remanufacture, repair, reuse and recycle.

Making packaging for food and cosmetics from fisheries industry by-products

EcoeFISHent
26 Oct 2023
EcoeFISHent
News type
Announcement
Country
EU
Sector
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry,
Recycling,
Research,
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Key Area
Waste management,
Secondary raw materials,
Innovation and investments

EcoeFISHent, a cluster involving several actors belonging to different sectors and organization types, is working on developing both a coating for food packaging using gelatine extracted from fish processing side-streams and packaging for cosmetics from the polyethylene recovered from fishing nets.

The role of the circular economy in the water sector in Romania

The role of the circular economy in the water sector in Romania
ARA conferences
Event type
Conference
Workshop
City
Cluj-Napoca
Country
Romania
Key Area
Production,
Consumption,
Secondary raw materials
Sector
Governance,
Public services,
Water
Scope
Regional
Organising Body
Asociaţia Română a Apei (ARA)

This conference (in Romanian) will take place in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) on 3 November (10:30 – 14.00 CET).

It aims to facilitate dialogue and the exchange of best practices at regional level on water and wastewater policy with a view to promoting sustainable water resource management, ensuring universal access to drinking water, public sewerage and wastewater treatment services, and implementing a specific circular economy action.

Accelerating the financing of the circular economy in climate and biodiversity strategies

EESC at COP 28
COP28 EU side events
Event type
Conference
Webinar
City
Dubai
Country
Other (United Arab Emirates)
Key Area
Innovation and investments
Sector
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry,
Economic instruments,
Innovation and investment
Scope
Global,
Coordination Group 2023-2025
Organising Body
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
European Commission, DG Environment
European Commission, DG Climate Action
Coordination Group members of the ECESP

The circular economy offers solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss at source. It's time to mobilise financing to accelerate the circular economy.

While sustainable tools like green bonds and impact investing can support circularity, unlocking the circular economy's financing potential is a challenge. Cooperation between the circular community, policymakers and financial institutions is vital for progress in financing the circular transition, especially as this is still seen as potentially risky.

This was the subject of a COP28 side event on "Accelerating the financing of the circular economy in climate and biodiversity strategies".

The event aimed to:

- analyse the current challenges in scaling up circular financing,

- facilitate the dialogue between key financial actors from the public and private sectors, standardisation bodies, policymakers and circular civil society actors,

- provide key messages on the way forward.

Eco Repair ScoreⓇ: a solution for informed and environmentally friendly vehicle repair choices

Eco Repair ScoreⓇ
Eco Repair Score NV logo
Organisation or Company
Eco Repair Score NV
Type of organisation or company
Business
Country
Belgium
Language for original content
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Key Area
Production,
Consumption
Sector
Batteries and Vehicles,
Circular action for climate neutrality,
Corporate Procurement,
Digital solutions,
Empowering Consumers,
Industrial techniques,
Measuring circularity,
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Scope
Global,
EU

Eco Repair Score NV and VITO have developed the Eco Repair Score® to assess the environmental impact of a specific car repair job. It does this using a single score, with categories from A to E and associated colour coding.

Repair as a best practice in reducing pre-consumer industrial fashion waste: a case study

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Repair as a best-practice in reducing pre-consumer industrial fashion waste

EN
WearnRepair
Type
Study
Publishing Organisation or Company
WearnRepair
Author
Ramesh De Silva
Country
Other (Sri Lanka)
Language for original content
English
Key Area
Production,
Waste management
Sector
Clothing and Fashion industry,
Textiles, apparel and leather
Scope
Global

Fast fashion and disposing of clothes at the end of their lives are generally considered to be the main issues in terms of textile waste. However, pre-consumer waste is another major problem. This occurs a few steps further back in the manufacturing process, and deals with all waste materials created in the supply chain when a product is being made.

Unlike post-consumer waste, it is easier to keep pre-consumer waste away from a landfill or an incinerator as the fabric or garment is essentially brand new, despite one or more repairable defects.

So, finding ways to re-use or use up the resources created is the key to creating an endless supply of materials without further depleting natural resources.

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