CLOSING THE LOOP

Promuovere l’economia circolare nella Regione Marchenella Regione Marche

Ancona, 8 marzo 2019

Daniela Sani, PhD

L’esperienza del tavolo europeo sui Modelli Finanziari per la CircularEconomy

Linear Economy limitations?

• lost value of materials and products

• scarcity of resources, volatile prices

• waste generated, environmental degradation & climate change

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What is a Circular Economy?

• the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible

• waste generation is minimised

• Simplified version from the Action Plan• Simplified version from the Action Plan

European Commission strategy

• Brussels, 2.12.2015 COM(2015) 614 final• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy Circular Economy Package

• BEI – December 2015 InnovFin advisory group

• Access-to-finance conditions for Projects supporting Circular Economy• Access-to-finance conditions for Projects supporting Circular Economy

• Brussels, 26.1.2017 COM(2017) 33 final

• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS - The implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan

• Informal commission expert group on support to circular economy financing

• Indicators used to monitor the progress towards a circular economy

• The monitoring framework on the circular economy as set up by the European Commission consists of 10 indicators, some of which are broken down in sub-indicators

Objectives and Expectations

Build synergies between environment and business agendas

• growth & job creation/up to +7% GDP

• up to 600 billion in savings/8% of annual turnover for business in the EU

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

business in the EU

• estimated 170 000 direct jobs in waste management sectors created by 2035

• boosting competitiveness and ensuring security of supply

Reducing total annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2-4 %

Triple benefits of the Circular EconomyEconomic

Environmental Social

Circular Economy PackageAdopted by the Commission 2 December 2015

Action Plan

Communication

List of Follow-up

Initiatives (Annex)

4 Legislative

proposals on waste

They are being debated at theCouncil and at the EuropeanParliament

1/3 of the actions are being implemented

Plastics Food waste Critical Raw

Materials

Priority sectors

Construction & Demolition

Biomass & bio-based

products

Plastics

Objectives

• Increase recycling efficiency -less than 25 % of plastic waste collected is recycled, and about 50 % is landfilled

Key actions

• Adopt a specific strategy to

reduce plastic waste, including marine littercollected is recycled, and about

50 % is landfilledmarine litter

• Set a more ambitious target for

the recycling of plastic

packaging in the framework of a new legislative proposal on waste

Food waste

Objectives

• Reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to halve food waste by 2030 – today around 100 million tonnes of food are

Key actions

• Develop an EU methodology to measure food waste

• Create a platform for the SDG on food waste and share best practices and results achieved

by 2030 – today around 100 million tonnes of food are wasted every year in the EU

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)

Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)

Objectives

• Increase efficient use and recovery of CRMs

Key actions

• Encourage recovery of CRMs, and draft a report on best practices and options for further practices and options for further action at EU level

• Encourage action by Member

States

Construction & Demolition

Objectives

• Identify and increase recovery of valuable materials

Key actions

• Ensure recovery of valuable resources and adequate waste management in the construction and demolition sector, as well as 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

Biomass & bio-based products

Objectives

• Support an efficient use of wood and bio-based products

Key actions

• Promote an efficient use of bio-based resources through a series of measures, including promoting the cascading use of biomass and

• Increase recycling of bio-waste

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

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Production

Objectives

• Provide incentives to boost circular product design

Key actions

• Reparability, durability, and recyclability in eco-design (e.g. TV screens)

• Innovative and efficient production processes

• Best practices for waste management and resource efficiency in industrial sectors

• Industrial symbiosis

ConsumptionObjectives

• Repair and reuse of products to avoid waste generation

• Provide consumers with reliable

Key actions

• Encourage reuse activities

• Ecodesign: availability of spare parts

• Provide consumers with reliable information on environmental impact of products

• Circular Economy criteria in Green Public Procurement

• Independent testing programme to assess possible planned obsolescence

• Better labelling: EU Eco-label, Environmental Footprint. Guarantees and action on false green claims

Waste managementObjectives

• Improve waste management in line with the EU waste hierarchy

Key actions

• Legislative proposals on waste

• Work with Member States to improve waste management plans, including to avoid overcapacity in • Address existing implementation

gaps

• Provide long-term vision and targets to guide investments

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

Market for secondary raw materials

• Increase the use of secondary raw materials

• Increase the use of recycled nutrients

• Quality standards for secondary raw materials

• EU regulation on fertilisers

Objectives Key actions

• 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

• Legislative proposal on minimum requirements for reused waterAnalysis on the interface between chemicals, product, and waste legislation

• EU-wide electronic system for cross-border transfers of waste

Innovation & InvestmentObjectives

• Create the right environment for innovation and investment

Key actions

• Horizon 2020 initiative launched on ‘Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy’ (EUR 650 million)

• Pilot ‘innovation deals’ to address potential regulatory obstacles for innovatorsregulatory 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

• Lead DG: RTD - DG Research and Innovation• RTD-ENV-CIRCULAR-ECONOMY

• The Support to Circular Economy Financing Expert Group is created in the context of the Circular Economy Finance Support Platform

• It will provide advice and expertise to the European Commission to

Informal Commission Expert Group“Support to Circular Economy Financing”

• It will provide advice and expertise to the European Commission to support the generation and financing of circular economy in the Member States

• It is organised in 3+ sections• Section 0: Horizontal/Background

• Section I: Recommendations oriented to regulators

• Section II: Recommendations oriented to financial institutions

• Section III: Recommendations oriented to project promoters

http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?

do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3517

https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/accelerating-

Informal Commission Expert Group“Support to Circular Economy Financing”

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https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/accelerating-

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La CE in Emilia-Romagna

• Smart Specialisation Strategy• La CE (simbiosi industriale) sono considerate priorità trasversali alla strategia di specializzazione intelligente

regionale

• Legge regionale 16/2015 "Disposizioni a sostegno dell’economia circolare, della riduzione della produzione dei rifiuti urbani, del riuso dei beni a fine vita, della raccolta differenziata e modifiche alla legge regionale 19 agosto 1996“vita, della raccolta differenziata e modifiche alla legge regionale 19 agosto 1996“

• la Regione Emilia-Romagna ha fatto propri i principi dell’Economia circolare: il modello di gestione delineato è in linea con la cosiddetta “gerarchia dei rifiuti”

• Forum permanente per l’economia circolare

• Piano regionale per la gestione dei rifiuti• Azioni concrete di simbiosi industriale attraverso “Accordi di filiera”

• Green economy ed economia circolare• Osservatorio green economy regionale

REFERENCES1. http://www.eib.org/attachments/pj/access_to_finance_study_on_circular_economy_en.pdf

2. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0614

3. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0614

4. http://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/

5. http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3517

6. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/implementation_report.pdf

7. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/pdf/seminar/1%20DG%20ENV_Circular%20Economy%20package.pdfeconomy/pdf/seminar/1%20DG%20ENV_Circular%20Economy%20package.pdf

8. http://www.uia-initiative.eu/sites/default/files/2016-10/Presentation%20of%20Circular%20Economy%20-%20DG%20ENV.pdf

9. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-v1TJ-fIdeEJ:sk16.eu/files/circular-economy-presentation-eu2016nl.pptx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=it

10. https://www.aster.it/en/storm-industrial-symbiosis-sustainable-management-raw-materials

11. https://eitrawmaterials.eu/

12. http://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/rifiuti/temi/economia-circolare/economia-circolare

13. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/circular-economy/indicators

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