Building on challenges and best practices identified among frontrunner cities and regions, ICLEI Europe and its members have provided nine policy recommendations to address the limitations of the current scope of the CEA:
Leverage circular economy to cut consumption-based emissions
Reduce material consumption to enhance the EU’s economic security
Ensure the transition to a circular economy is just and inclusive, leaving no one behind
Ensure a multilevel governance approach in policy development and implementation
Shift funding from piloting towards scaling-up
Build capacity in cities to support circular economy implementation
Build the case to reform the linear tax system
Leverage public procurement to provide a launch market for circular businesses
Approximately 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year.
If tender documents require recycled materials, encourage reuse or repurposing of plastic-containing products, and prevent the use of single-use plastics, then public procurement can play a pivotal role in curbing the plastic crisis.
This webinar will present examples of how contracting authorities can limit plastic waste and pollution through procurement decisions.
THE LIFE BIOBEST project aims to guide the mainstreaming of best bio-waste management and recycling practices, with a view to enriching depleted soil with high quality compost.
Its Comprehensive Guidance sets out key policy recommendations to strengthen the EU legal framework for bio-waste management. Drawing from extensive research and stakeholder consultation, it outlines three interconnected areas for improvement: boosting effective models for separate collection and recycling, promoting reliable markets for compost and digestate, and enhancing monitoring and enforcement of bio-waste regulations.
It provides policy measures to help close the gap between current practices and potential capture rates, addressing the fact that only 26% of kitchen waste is collected separately in the EU.
The Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice invites you to an online knowledge exchange workshop on the role of local and regional public authorities in supporting the uptake of industrial-urban symbiosis.
This online event, organised by the Circular Economy Network (C-PRONE), aims to highlight best practices from different countries in overcoming legal fears surrounding circular procurement.
It will also explore how the interpretation of the EU public procurement directive differs across Member States, leading to varying levels of confidence in applying circular criteria.
The Arctic Circular Economy Summit (ACES) aims to be the most memorable circular transition event in the Arctic. Come and meet experts interested in practical solutions enabling the circular economy in remote areas!
Are you involved in public procurement of innovative goods and services? This webinar will set out the findings of two projects (BRINC and P5Innobroker) focusing on this area.
You will hear feedback from the two projects and learn about an open access toolkit.
The CircE Project (European regions toward Circular Economy) was an Interreg Europe project implemented during the 2014-2020 financing period. It aimed to reinforce the take-up of the circular economy in Europe.
TEXroad is a foundation set up to collect and manage data on textiles as efficiently and effectively as possible. The purpose of this collection is to promote and enable circularity in the textiles industry.
They have set up programmes on Paving the way to 2025 and Circular textile data flow, and published reports describing their activities.
The Circular Cities Declaration, managed by our Coordination Group member ICLEI Europe, is is a project designed to help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy with a specific focus on cities.
They've issued eight topical webinars with key stakeholders and institutions - and all of them are available for you to listen to!
