1. Closing the loop – An EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy

2. Circular Economy Package
Gwen starts here
Circular Economy Package
Adopted by the Commission 2 December 2015
Action Plan
Communication
List of Follow-up
Initiatives (Annex)
Legislative
proposal on waste

3. Objectives and Expectations
Build synergies between environment and business agendas
Growth and job creation – Up to +7 % GDP
Up to 600 billion in savings – 8 % of annual turnover for business in the EU
Estimated direct jobs in waste management sectors created by 2035
Ensuring security and stability of supply
Building economic and environmental resilience
long-term vision and targets on waste management; internal market rules for products; environment and consumers protection; tackle regulatory or enforcement issues; innovation and investments
Reducing total annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2-4 %
Growth and job creation – Up to +7 % GDP: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, (2015) “Growth within: A circular Economy vision for a competitive Europe"
Up to 600 billion in savings – 8 % of annual turnover for business in the EU
: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe /* COM/2014/0398 final/2 */
Estimated direct jobs in waste management sectors created by 2035: retrieved
Reducing total annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2-4 %: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe /* COM/2014/0398 final/2 */

4. Objectives – international engagement
Hugo takes over here
Objectives – international engagement

5. Links with Juncker Priorities
Protecting the environment and maintaining our competitiveness have to go hand-in-hand: both are about a sustainable future
Circular Economy
Energy Union and Climate
Jobs, Growth and Investment
Democratic Change Better Regulation

6. How will progress be monitored?
Build on existing indicators from the Resource Efficiency Scoreboard and the Raw Materials Scoreboard
Develop a monitoring framework for the Circular Economy in close cooperation with the European Environment Agency (EEA)
The two scoreboards have different frameworks:
- the Resource Efficiency scoreboard (prepared by ENV), to monitor progress on Resource efficient Europe, was adopted by the Commission in December Regularly updated by Eurostat and disseminated by DG ENV publications.
- the Raw Materials scoreboard (prepared by DG GROW), to monitor progress on the raw materials initiative and in the context of the European Innovation Partneship, is work in progress as not officially adopted by the Commission. Next Sherpa meeting scheduled in December was postponed to to It is planned for adoption in June 2016.

7. Key Action Areas

8. Secondary raw materials Innovation, Investment & Monitoring
Key action areas
Production
Consumption
Waste Management
Secondary raw materials
Innovation, Investment & Monitoring

9. Production Objectives Key actions
Provide incentives to boost circular product design
Innovative and efficient production processes
Reparability, durability, and recyclability in eco-design (e.g. TV screens)
Best practices for waste management and resource efficiency in industrial sectors
Industrial symbiosis
Promote reparability, durability, and recyclability in future Ecodesign requirements (first steps: requirements on electronic displays e.g. TV screens)
Promotion of best practices for waste management and resource efficiency in industrial sectors.
Facilitate industrial symbiosis (waste or by-products of one industry becomes inputs for another).

10. Consumption Objectives Key actions
Repair and reuse of products to avoid waste generation
Provide consumers with reliable information on environmental impact of products
Encourage reuse activities (e.g. waste proposal)
Ecodesign: availability of spare parts
Guarantees and action on false green claims
Circular Economy criteria in Green Public Procurement
Independent testing programme to assess possible planned obsolescence
Better labelling: EU Eco-label, Environmental Footprint
New rules which will encourage reuse activities (waste proposal), link with Ecodesign (reparability)
Better enforcement of the guarantees on tangible products and action on false green claims
Emphasise circular economy aspects in Green Public Procurement criteria.
Independent testing programme to identify issues related to possible planned obsolescence.
Better labelling: EU Eco-label, Environmental Footprint.

11. Waste management Objectives Key actions
Improve waste management in line with the EU waste hierarchy
Address existing implementation gaps
Provide long-term vision and targets to guide investments
Legislative proposals on waste
Work with Member States to improve waste management plans, including to avoid overcapacity in residual waste treatment (incineration and mechanical-biological treatment)
Ensure coherence between waste investments under EU Cohesion Policy and the waste hierarchy
Revised legislative package on waste
Work with Member States to improve waste management on the ground, including to avoid overcapacities in residual waste treatment (e.g. incineration and MBT)
Ensure that Cohesion Policy contributes to EU waste legislation, guided by the EU waste hierarchy.

12. Market for secondary raw materials
Gwen takes over here again
Market for secondary raw materials
Objectives
Key actions
Increase the use of secondary raw materials
Increase the use of recycled nutrients and the reuse of treated wastewater
Safely manage risks of chemicals of concern
Improve knowledge of material stocks and flows
Quality standards for secondary raw materials
EU regulation on fertilisers
Legislative proposal on minimum requirements for reused water
Analysis on the interface between chemicals, product, and waste legislation
EU-wide electronic system for cross-border transfers of waste

13. Innovation & Investment
Objectives
Key actions
Create the right environment for innovation and investment
Horizon 2020 initiative launched on ‘Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy’ (EUR 650 million)
Pilot ‘innovation deals’ to address potential regulatory obstacles for innovators
Targeted outreach of EU funding, as Cohesion Policy Funds and for SMEs
New platform for financing Circular Economy with European Investment Bank and national promotional banks

14. Priority Sectors

15. Priority sectors Plastics Objectives
Food waste
Critical Raw Materials
Construction & Demolition
Biomass & bio-based products
Plastics
Objectives
Increase efficiency in recycling - less than 25% of plastic waste collected is recycled, and about 50% goes to landfill
Actions
New strategy on plastics including marine litter.
A more ambitious target for the recycling of plastic packaging in the legislative proposal on waste.
Food Waste
Reach Sustainable Development Goal to halve food waste by 2030 – today around 100 million tonnes of food are wasted annually in the EU.
Develop an EU methodology to measure food waste.
Create a platform for the SDG on food waste and to share best practice and results achieved.
Clarify EU legislation relating to waste, food and feed, and facilitate food donation.
Improve the use and understanding of date marking along the food chain (e.g."best before" label).
Critical Raw Materials
Increasing efficient use and recovery of CRMs.
Prepare a report on best practices and options for further action at the EU level.
Incentives/requirements in the waste directives.
Construction & Demolition
Identify and increase recovery of valuable materials
Ensure recovery of valuable resources and adequate waste management in the construction and demolition sector, as well as facilitate assessing the environmental performance of buildings
Develop pre-demolition guidelines to boost high-value recycling as well as voluntary recycling protocols aimed to improve quality of and build confidence
Biomass & bio-based products
Support an efficient use of wood and bio-based products
Increase recycling of bio-waste
Promote an efficient use of bio-based resources through a series of measures, such as the promotion of the cascading use of biomass and support to innovation in the bio-economy
New target for recycling wood packaging and a provision to ensure the separate collection of bio-waste

16. Plastics Objectives Key actions
Increase recycling efficiency - less than 25 % of plastic waste collected is recycled, and about 50 % is landfilled
Adopt a specific strategy to reduce plastic waste, including marine litter
Set a more ambitious target for the recycling of plastic packaging in the framework of a new legislative proposal on waste

17. Food waste Objectives Key actions
Reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to halve food waste by 2030 – today around 100 million tonnes of food are wasted every year in the EU
Develop an EU methodology to measure food waste
Create a platform for the SDG on food waste and share best practices and results achieved
Clarify EU legislation on waste, food and feed, and encourage food donation
Improve the use and understanding of date marking along the food chain (e.g. ‘best before’ label)

18. Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)
Objectives
Key actions
Increase efficient use and recovery of CRMs
Encourage recovery of CRMs, and draft a report on best practices and options for further action at EU level
Encourage action by Member States

19. Construction & Demolition
Objectives
Key actions
Identify and increase recovery of valuable materials
Ensure recovery of valuable resources and adequate waste management in the construction and demolition sector, as well as facilitate assessing the environmental performance of buildings
Put in place pre-demolition guidelines to promote high-value recycling, and voluntary recycling protocols

20. Biomass & bio-based products
Objectives
Key actions
Support an efficient use of wood and bio-based products
Increase recycling of bio-waste
Promote an efficient use of bio-based resources through a series of measures, including promoting the cascading use of biomass and support bio-economy innovation
Set a new target for recycling wood packaging and a provision to ensure the separate collection of bio-waste

21. What's next?

22. Next Steps
Launching more than 50 key actions listed in the Annex to the Communication "an EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy":
All actions will be taken forward in line with the better regulation principles
Report on progress 5 years after adoption
Interinstitutional decision process on the 4 legislative proposals on waste.