MJ Keynote FINAL 211015

A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR DENMARK IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

WASTE-TO-ENERGY IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY21ST OCTOBER 2015

Dr Mervyn JonesSustainable Global ResourcesUnited Kingdom

CURRENT PRACTICESWaste & Resource Management

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD

COMPOSITION BY INCOME

SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD 3

DENMARK V THE WORLD


Go

od

Bad

Source: Waste - Investing in energy and resource efficiency. UNEP 2011

CRUDE COMPARISONS


2.05kg

Waste per capita per day

Tokyo Metro

Taipei

CitySeoul

City

Hong

Kong

Denmark

DANISH RESOURCE STRATEGY


Published November 2013

The goal is that over the next 10 years Denmark is to recycle more than twice as much household waste as 2013.

This is a marked change in waste policy.

EUROPEAN CONTEXT


MSW disposal strategies across Europe

CIRCULAR ECONOMYA shift in thinking?


WHY A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

Carbon

Recovery

Recycling

Repair

Re-use

Materialextraction

Disposal

Design &Production

Use

Retail &Distribution

Resource Minimisation

WastePrevention

Water Materials

Stability Resilience Competition


CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES


WHY A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

World Economic Forum (2014) Towards the Circular Economy: Accelerating the scale-up across global supply chains


80

100

120

140

160

180

200

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Input prices Output prices

UK manufacturing input (energy & commodities) and output prices2000 = 100

Source: ONS

90%

ADDRESSING PRODUCTION COSTS

30%


RESILIENCE


• Decoupling waste from growth for all OECDs• Denmark is increasing waste through consumption in a

period of economic downturn

EU CIRCULAR ECONOMY

2015 consultation due to report imminently

Global competition for resources is increasing. Supply concentration of resources, e.g. CRMs outside the EU markets dependent on imports, vulnerable to high prices & volatility

Can promote competitiveness, innovation, greater protection for humans and the environment, and major economic benefits including growth and job creation

Requires action at all stages of the life cycle of products

Requires demand-side measures

Barriers to the circular economy includes market failures and also governance and regulatory failures

Denmark provided 90 (7%) of over 1400 responses


CONSULTATION SUMMARY

89% were well or fairly informed about the CE

89% felt (very) important to minimise lifecycle environmental impacts

84% want impact on consumers (e.g. durability & reparability)

>75% want to encourage the consumption of green products

73% want to promote collaboration between and among private and public sectors, including end-users

>72% want to promote and/or enable the use of economic incentives for eco-innovation &sustainable product design

>70% want to encourage industry-led initiatives

67% want to impact on EU imports and exports

64% want to establish binding rules on product design


VIEWS ON PRODUCT FEATURES

Recyclability – 86% felt (very) important

Durability - 83%

Resource use in the use phase (e.g. water efficiency) – 83%

Reusability -78%

Increase in reused parts or RC – 76%

Reparability: Product design & parts availability facilitating maintenance and repair activities – 74%

Reparability: Availability of information on product repair -73%

Upgradability and modularity – 71%

Biodegradability and compostability – 60%

Packaging & Small EE were the clear priorities identified (followed by construction, textiles & large white goods)


CIRCULARITY IN THE EU ECONOMIES

Source: ETC SCP/WRAP unpublished, 2013


TRENDS AND FUTURE PRACTICEWaste & Resource Management


EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

“Growth in the circular

economy can be expected

to have lasting beneficial

effects on the labour

market.”

Employment and the circular economy, WRAP

& Green Alliance, 2015

Between 2000 and

2010, sales turnover

in the waste and

recycling sector had

nearly tripled, to

over £18 billion.


CLOTHING CLOSED LOOP


ELECTRICALS LOOP


CIRCULAR ECONOMYOPTIONS A shift in thinking?


DECOUPLING CONSUMPTION & GROWTH


SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

Source: EVA128 WRAP, 2009

Production strategies


SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

Consumption strategies

Source: EVA128 WRAP, 2009


BARRIERS TO VALUING WASTE


PROCUREMENT & CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Sustainable Public Procurement + Circular Economy = Circular Procurement

Circular business models

Circular design

Circular procurement

Circular thinking


Resource Efficiency

Models

Investment

Alternative ownership

models

Service provision

Reuse of goods

Service provision

CIRCULAR PROCUREMENT OPTIONS

Reduce use of Consumables

Use Less Resources

Longer Lifetimes

Recover end-of-life Materials


PROMOTING A CIRCULAR APPROACH

Waste prevention has greatest impact

Ensuring the circular design of products

Optimising lifetimes of products

Ensuring right collection routes

Developing the right markets

Implementing a balanced approach

Using closed loop approaches


THANK YOU

Dr Mervyn Jones

[email protected]

?any questions?


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