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New circular economy Action Plan

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Opinion Number: CDR 1265/2020
Rapporteur: STELPSTRA Tjisse
Commission: ENVE
Status: Adopted
Date: 14/10/2020
 
The main objective of the opinion is to develop the territorial pillar of the new Action Plan and define the opportunities and challenges facing the EU's local and regional authorities (LRAs) across the expected policy actions.
The opinion aims at highlighting the absolute need to enhance the LRAs' role in creating political mechanisms dedicated to circularity within the EU's regions.
The opinion will put forward policy recommendations for more ambitious political action and highlight the key contribution made by subnational governments to achieving current and future circular economy targets.
The CoR rapporteur has been invited for a short intervention at the meeting of the ENVI committee of the European Parliament during which the draft report on the New Circular Economy Action Plan was presented.
In its final resolution, the European Parliament has acknowledged "the important role that regional governments, local authorities and communities and SMEs play in the circular economy, in waste management and in the implementation of the measures included in the Circular Economy Action Plan" and called on "the Commission and Member States to support the establishment and cooperation of circularity hubs in all European regions, industrials clusters and local communities" (European Parliament resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan).
The CoR rapporteur has been appointed as CoR representative within the Coordination Group of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP - https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/).
The CoR is a support partner of The Circular Cities Declaration, a commitment document from cities and regions to use the levers at our disposal coherently across the organisation to transition from a linear to a circular economy (https://circularcitiesdeclaration.eu/).
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS



- stresses the urgent need to accelerate the transition towards a regenerative growth model, keeping resource consumption within planetary boundaries and reducing our footprint. For this it is imperative to decouple growth from resource use, to develop towards a true circular society and to cooperate at all levels of governance and society;

- emphasises that LRAs are a crucial player in the transition to the circular economy and that many competences of LRAs are related to resource management and the circular economy;

- insists that, to validate the principle "there is no waste" and to prevent the use of virgin resources, an obligation to use recycled materials is essential; urges the European Commission to set criteria whereby a substantial proportion of new products should be made of recycled material and recommends making this a part of the approach to key product value chains;

- takes the view that the reduction of CO2 along product life cycles should be part of the targets;

- calls on the European Commission to propose a target on absolute waste generation per capita and for waste prevention targets for businesses and industries;

- calls for further development of criteria and targets on the powerful instrument of circular public procurement;

- calls on the European Commission and the Member States to reduce dependency on third parties and virgin resources, strengthen security of supply by firmer organising – especially scarce and critical – resource management and develop an EU Resource Policy Platform;

- stresses that new measurements beyond GDP are required as well as transformative innovation on economic and legal mechanisms to favour true circular innovation, including social innovation, the development of education and skills, and creating true circular jobs;

calls on the European Commission, the Member States and LRAs to steer the investments from the EU recovery plan in such ways it guarantees long-term economic, social and environmental progress while reducing resource use, avoiding and removing hazardous substances and improving circularity of materials and systems.

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New public consultation on sustainable prodcuts

 
31 Jan
 

Provisional agreement on batteries file

 
09 Dec
 

New Circular Economy proposals on packaging and on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics

The European Commission has published new initiatives on circular economy:

  • Revision of the EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste.
  • Communication – EU policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics

More details in the link below.

The CoR opinion on the New Circular Economy Action Plan included a point addressing packaging and plastics.

The issue of biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics was also included in the CoR opinion on the Proposal for a single-use plastics directive.

 
30 Nov
 

Waste and recycling: European Commission seeks views on revision of the Waste Framework Directive

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive. Ther consultation is open till 16 august 2022.

 
24 May
 

Circular Economy Package

The European Commission adopted package of measures proposed in the circular economy action plan

  • Sustainable Products Initiative, including the proposal for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
  • EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles
  • Proposal for a revised Construction products Regulation
  • Proposal for empowering consumers in the green transition
    Find out more about the package in the press release.

 
30 Mar
 

European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 2021 edition is between 20 and 28 November.
The annual focus is Circular communities.
The CoR is part of the Steering Committee of the EWWR.
See a presentation video of the Steering Committee, including an intervention of Mr Stelpstra (NL/ECR), CoR Rapporteur on the New Circular Economy Action Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HCnDUuNxBA
For this edition there are over 12,400 actions registered.

The press file includes more details https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JngPhUZG57TEFhRvBifceTfIDsaC68Vz/view
including a link to the opinion on "Towards sustainable neighbourhoods and small communities - Environment policy below municipal level" https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/Pages/OpinionTimeline.aspx?opId=CDR-3195-2019

The EWWR website includes a database of action: https://ewwr.eu/actions-db/

Local and regonal authorities can participate to actions, organize actions or become coordinators helping to organnize the EWWR in their area.
See information on how to take part: https://ewwr.eu/take-part/

The best actions will be recognized in the annual EWWR awards (the ceremony will be in 2022).

The EMAS service provided information in the Intranet pages on how the CoR and EESC services are promoting waste reduction in their activities and buildings. http://jsnet.eesc.europa.eu/EN/dl/emas/Events/Pages/European-Week-for-Waste-Reduction-2021---Circular-Communities.aspx

 
20 Nov
 

Launch event of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)

Mr Stelpstra (NL/ECR) Rapporteur on the New Circular Economy Action Plan participated as a speaker to the Launch event of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR).
The thematic focus of 2021 is "circular communities".

 
03 Nov
 

Green week event "Let’s get ready for the 12th European Week for Waste Reduction"

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is organising an event in preparation for the 2020 edition, taking place between 21 and 29 November. This year, the awareness-raising campaign puts a spotlight on the topic of “invisible waste“, namely that waste produced during the manufacturing of products that the consumer does not see.

The new EU Circular Economy Action Plan states that waste prevention, as part of a broader range of circular economy actions, plays a clear role in reducing the impact of resource extraction and use and contributes to restore biodiversity and natural capital. The EU Biodiversity Strategy highlights how natural ecosystems are put under pressure by pollution, chemical pesticides, pharmaceuticals, hazardous chemicals, urban and industrial wastewater, and other waste including litter and plastics.

Raising awareness and taking action on waste reduction has therefore a huge impact. This is what the EWWR, joining forces with public authorities all around Europe, has been doing since 2009.

Register here and join us online on 20 October at 15:30 CET to discover all the novelties of this years’ campaign and engage in a conversation with our guest speakers.

This event is organised in cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions and takes place in the framework of the EU Green Week, which addresses this year the theme of nature and biodiversity.

Programme

  • Welcome by ACR+, Francesco Lembo, Managing Director
  • The CoR opinion on the new Circular Economy Action Plan, Mr Tjisse Stelpstra, European Committee of the Regions
  • The European Week for Waste Reduction, Giulia Marrazzo, ACR+
  • What is invisible waste? Josefin Berglund, Avfall Sverige
  • Q&A

 
20 Oct
 

ENVI committee meeting - Consideration of draft report

Mr Stelpstra presented the CoR opinion at the ENVI committee meeting.

 
15 Oct
 

16th Technical Platform meeting for cooperation of the environment

"How can local and regional authorities use the circular economy as an enabler of a sustainable recovery?"

The meeting aimed at:
• Providing a forum for policy makers and stakeholders to exchange ideas on how local and regional authorities (LRAs) can benefit from the transition to the circular economy in the post-crisis recovery context;
• Enabling the sharing of best practices;
• Contributing to identify the barriers local and regional levels face in transitioning to the circular economy;
• Discussing the tools and initiatives existing at EU level and aiming at offering support to LRAs in the transition to the circular economy as well as identifying the gaps.

 
08 Sep
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