CEC4Europe Factbook
The Factbook is an ongoing, growing project delivering fact-based information for decision makers and the wide public interested in the science of Circular Economy.
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
- 2.6 A growing potential: Anthropogenic stocks
- 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
- 2.8 A novel recyclability indicator for products
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