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1 Overview of the city authority levers to drive change Jean-Pierre Hannequart Vice President, ACR+

2 PLAN 1. ACR+ =? 2. A few levers to drive change at local-regional levels New cities infrastructures Greening of public procurement Circular economy vision with hierarchy Circular economy planning at local-regional level Circular food economy 3. Call for partners

3 1. ACR+ = pro-circular economy network

4 ACR+ = Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management ACR+ 90 members 22 countries ACR+MED 50 entities 12 countries

5 1. ACR+ = pro-circular economy network Instruments Legal Economic Technical Educational Statistical Prevention Reuse Selective collection Recycling Recovery Biowaste Packaging waste Electro(on)ic waste Paper waste Hazardous waste Bulky waste Waste flows Waste and Ressources management aspects

6 1. ACR+ = pro-circular economy network Conferences & workshops Campaigns & projects News & information Technical reports

7 2. A few levers to drive change at local-regional levels

8 Redesign cities infrastructures towards a circular economy Reuse infrastructures Products ( Waste) Reuse Local Policy Local Network of reuse centers Specific communication and targets for preparing for reuse Financial support to the local social economy References: Flemish Region (Network KOMOSIE - Kringwinkels) Barcelona Provincia («ANDROMINES» - Deixalleria & Re-use Center) Munich / Vienne (Repair Networks) Besançon (IT REUSE)

9 Redesign cities infrastructures towards a circular economy Waste collection and recycling infrastructures Selective collection organization Integration of the informal sector Control of illegal waste export Economic Instruments (Disposal taxes/pay as you throw/extended Producer Responsability, )

10 Redesign cities infrastructures towards a circular economy Industrial & Territorial Ecology Eco-Industrial Parks: Kalundborg (DK) Terneuzen (NL) («biopark») Sutton district (UK) («one planet living») Sicilia (IT) («Symbiosis» program)

11 Redesign cities infrastructures towards a circular economy Industrial & Territorial Ecology Territorial Industrial Metabolism Analysis: Région de Bruxelles (1977 et 2014) Canton de Genève (2003) Région de Paris (2007 et 2013) Région de Bourgogne (2014) Ville de Lille (2007) Ville de Lisbonne (2009 et 2014)

12 Use your procurement power Green public procurement Life-time criteria of durability, reparability, reuse, recyclability,.. Recycled content Take-back schemes Second-hand requirements (?) Collective Tenders References: City Council of Badalona (ES) (school materials) Stockholm County Council (SW) (office IT equipments) City of Ghent (BE) (strategic decision-making)

13 Promote a «hierarchical» circular economy Circular economy with multi-r hierarchy RETHINK REDUCE Raw materials RE-DESIGN Products RECYCLE Waste REUSE REDISTRIBUTE REPAIR REFURBIH REMANUFACTURE (ENERGY) RECOVER Secondary raw materials

14 Promote a «hierarchical» circular economy Circular economy with multi-r hierarchy

15 Promote a «hierarchical» circular economy Circular economy driven by collaborative society COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION COLLABORATIVE HOUSING/MOBILITY COLLABORATIVE FINANCE NEW LIFE STYLE

16 Elaborate a circular economy plan at localregional level Circular (multi-r, territorial,collaborative) economy planning Integration of environnemental & economical public structures Multi-stakeholders platforms on circular economy Elaboration of plans focused on «materials (waste)» Maximisation of local cycles and local employment strategies REFERENCES: Ferrara (IT) Rotterdam /Amsterdam/ Limburg Province (NL) Malmo (SW) Aquitaine (F) Brussels Region (BE) Catalunia (ES) Flanders (BE) Région Ile-de-France (FR) Lombardia (IT) Nord-Pas-de-Calais (F) Nord-Rhein-Westphalia (GER) Rhône-Alpes (FR) Scotland (UK) Wales (UK) Wallonia (B)

17 Implement the circular food economy The Brussels Region Policy ECO-TRANSFORMATION ECO-DISTRIBUTION of local/seasonnal food ECOLOGICAL and URBAN AGRICULTURE PREVENT FOOD WASTAGE ECO-CONSUMPTION.including community kitchens Food RECYCLING Food REUSE

18 Identification of «food growing» urban spaces PRODUCTION Food waste Treatment Methanisation Composting Ecological agriculture education Urban farmers identification REUSE/ RECYCLING Vegetable gardening network RAISE AWARENESS OF ALL ACTORS Compost at source promotion Promotion of local, sustainable and seasonnal products DISTRIBUTION Support to Green Basket Slow Food restaurants, Healthy and Diverse Food (whithout GMO) CONSOMMATION Moderate your meat Green public procurement of community kitchens Social Redistribution (and transformation) of unsold edible food

19 3. Call for members and partners

20 Call for partners ACR+ invites you to: Create international network of local and regional authorities adopting a circular economy planning process (multi-r, territorial and collaborative) Participate in the raw material commitment «Covenant Circular Economy 2022»

21 Call for partners Covenant Circular Economy 2022 Inspired by the Covenant of Mayors on Climate Change In link with the RIO+20 processes Aims to get a large number of EU local and regional authorities and multi-stakeholders value chain partners to design and to implement ( in ) circular economy action plans

22 Call for partners Covenant Circular Economy 2022 First Co-signatories Regional or Local entities Belgium: Region de Bruxelles-Capitale Finland: Region of Lapland France: Regions d Alsace, Bretagne, Île-de-France, Rhône-Alpes Greece: City of Athens Italy: Region of Lombardy Slovakia: State geological Institute of Dionyz Stur Sweden: Province de Norbotten

23 Call for partners Covenant Circular Economy 2022 International Networks: ACR+ Institut ( français) pour une Economie Circulaire European Partners for the Environment ECO-UNION (Spain) The Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! For more information, read : info@acrplus.org Tel: ACR+ REPORT : Towards circular economy action at regional and local level

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