Circular Economy The EU Circular Economy Action Plan and Regions Fulvia Raffaelli, Head of Unit, Clean Technologies and Products Eu European n Commis issio ion, n, DG G GR GROW.C1 .
Timeline • Adoption of the Circular Economy Action Plan December • Legislative proposals to improve waste management 2015 • A second package of measures (e.g. waste-to-energy) and progress report are adopted • Some additional key actions (e.g. Proposal for legislation on fertilizers and a new working plan for Ecodesign) January already put forward in the previous year 2017 • A third package of measures is adopted, including the much-awaited Strategy on Plastics • More than 80% of actions announced in 2015 delivered January • New waste legislation informally agreed by EP and Council 2018 2
Making Europe’s industry stronger Towards a more integrated approach for investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry 3
Ov Overco comming ing ch challeng nges for for the ind indust stry 4
Input Ob Objec ective e > > co commoditi tisati tion of of Se Secon ondary Raw Materials materials • Quality Standards In development with the Standardisation Bodies • Revision of the Fertilizers regulation • Analysis of the interface between chemicals, product and waste legislation. 5
Ob Objec ective e > Va Valo lorise w e waste a e and b by-produ ducts Process Efficiency • Construction & Demolition – Voluntary Demolition Protocol • Industrial Symbiosis • Industrial Waste – Best Available Technique (BREF) for Waste Incineration – Evaluation of Waste Shipment Regulation – New provisions in the Waste Framework Directive: > new by-products and end-of-waste criteria, > prevention plans to reduce waste generation > reivew for possible targets by 2024. 6
Research • Circular Economy Finance Support Platform and – I pillar – Expert Group – II pillar – Advisory Hub (EIB) Investment – III pillar – Financial Instruments • Horizon 2020 → Horizon Europe – 941 mio EUR in 2018-2020 – New structures in next Horizon Europe programme • Innovation Deals (recently signed for e- vehicle batteries) 7
Eu Europea ean Ci Circular Ec Economy St Stake kehol older Plat Platform Stakeholder – ht http://circularec economy.eu europa.eu eu/platform/ involvement 8
Eu Europea ean Res Resource e Effi Efficien ency Kn Knowledge dge Ce Centre Circular – http://www.res ht esourceef eefficien ent.eu eu Economy & – Launched hed at the he 2018 Ci Circular Ec Economy Stakeho eholder er Confer eren ence SMEs – Offer ers a range e of ser ervices es to SM SMEs an and d SME ME inter ermed ediaries es fo for impro im rovin ing res esource ef effien ency in in smal all busines esses es and coachi hing them hem thr hrougho hout thei heir tra transitio ition 9
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