CEC4Europe Factbook

1. Why a circular economy?

• 1.1 The EU Circular Economy Package and the Circular Economy Coalition for Europe
• 1.2 EU Flagship initiative for a resource-efficient Europe COM(2011)121
• 1.3 EU Raw materials initiative COM(2011)25
• 1.4 Circular Economy 3.0 getting beyond the messy conceptualization of circularity and the 3R’s, 4 R’s and more

2. Circular Economy: Selected issues

• 2.1 Striving for efficiency: Optimum vs. maximum recycling targets
• 2.2 The economics of recycling revisited: ‘less might be more’
• 2.3 Growing stocks vs. „Zero waste“
• 2.4 Critical factor time – Dynamic visualisation of municipal waste management performance in the EU using the RIL-Ternary Diagram Method
• 2.5 Current potential of a circular economy with respect to the reduction of primary raw material demand
  • 2.5.1 Dissipative structure/streams
• 2.6 A growing potential: Anthropogenic stocks
  • 2.6.1 Urban Mining (incl. Prospection, exploration, evaluation and classification)
  • 2.6.2 Landfil Mining (incl. Prospection, exploration, evaluation and classification)
• 2.7 Integrated assessment of anthropogenic stocks and flows
  • 2.7.1 Resource quality and recycling
  • 2.7.2 Energy recovery
  • 2.7.3 Circular economy requires both hazardous substances and final sinks
  • 2.7.4 Future wastes and futures challenges
  • 2.7.5 Ecological indicators
  • 2.7.6 Data uncertainty and consequences for decision making

3. Strategies and Instruments

• 3.1 Selected material stocks and flows – the case of aluminium
• 3.2 Non-metallic minerals
• 3.3 Rare earth elements & high tech products
• 3.4 Carbon-based materials
• 3.5 Post consumer wastes and packaging wastes
• 3.6 Potentials and limitations of the circular economy with regard to three exemplary material flows (tyres, rotor blades for wind)
• 3.7 Textile Waste
• 3.8 From analysis to decision making: The example of phosphorus
• 3.9 Food waste

4. Strategies and Instruments

• 4.1 Prioritisation
• 4.2 Developing the data base
• 4.3 Supply and demand
• 4.4 Towards a fair allocation of raw material use for indicators of resource efficiency
• 4.5 Resource efficiency
• 4.6 Circular Economy Sustainability Implications and corporate management challenges
• 4.7 A Circular Economy in Europe – Policies and Priorities
• 4.8 Exploring and evaluating business showcases from the circular economy industry platform
• 4.9 Re-loading extended producer responsibility
• 4.10 A strategic circular economy portfolio

5. Window of opportunity 

• 5.1 What CEC4Europe can offer
• 5.2 Who we are

6. Contributors

7. Contact