Circular economy principles aim to close resource loops by reusing and recycling materials to reduce waste and environmental impacts. UNIDO has worked with countries and organizations since 1994 through programs like RECPnet to promote more efficient resource use and industrial symbiosis through cleaner production. UNIDO is now focusing on developing eco-industrial parks that apply circular economy practices at the industrial park and city level through collective solutions for resource supply, waste management, and environmental and social services.
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1. Circular Economy
Innovation and Partnerships for
Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization
Klaus Tyrkko
Chief, Stockholm Convention Division
Department of Environment
Bratislava, 23 October 2018
2. 2
In today’s economy
• 65 billion tons of raw materials per year (22kg/person/day) are
extracted, harvested and used
• Only 7% of these materials are reused or recycled
• About 8 million tons of plastics enter the oceans every year
• 300 tons of gold is buried in 50 million tons of electronic waste every year
• 40 % of GHG emissions are attributable to materials management
• Waste of
• Resources
• Economic value
• Business opportunities
• Environment as a resource: Soil / water / air
5. 5
RECPnet members help produce more efficiently since 1994
65 independent
Resource Efficient
Cleaner Production centers
in 50 countries
www.recpnet.org
6. 6
Brought together:
six countries of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine)
in particular Ministries of the Environment and Ministries of the Economy
European Union and other donors
four implementing organisations (OECD, UNECE, UNEP, UNIDO)
Implementation period: 2013-2018
7. 7
Results of EU-funded EaP GREEN
Project: RECP Component
RECP applied in
357
SMEs and other
organizations
9.4 M EUR in RECP savings identified
2000 RECP measures identified
5 M EUR in RECP investments
implemented
253
RECP Club
members
RECP
assessments in
357
SMEs
8. 8
Mid size Industry programs on Materials and Energy
Efficiency
• Waste collection and landfill disposal < 1 job per 1,000 tons
managed, recycling materials creates 6-13 jobs
• 40-800 times more gold in 1t of Printed Wiring Boards (PWB)
than in 1t of ore
UNIDO ‘Greening’ of scrap metals for secondary metal production
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9. E-Waste management
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A circular economy should increase reuse, recycling, remanufacture and the
life of products
• Products may still contain banned which can disrupt re-use, recycling, and
remanufacturing
• Recycling of POPs-containing products may spread POPs contamination posing
trade-offs among the environmental, economic and health dimensions
• Trade in secondary materials, standards needed
Finished / Ongoing:
Uganda, Tanzania, Cambodia
The Philippines
Cote D’Ivoire
Regional e-waste project for Latin America
10. 10
Waste Management
Recycling industries
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Industrial Park level
City level
Collective RECP solutions
Operation & Management of:
Common Infrastructures
Resource Supply (Water, Energy,
Materials)
Environmental & Social Services
Company level
Individual RECP
solutions
Resource Efficient Cleaner
Production (RECP):
Materials efficiency
Water efficiency
Energy efficiency Industrial Symbiosis
Urban Symbiosis
Innovation and partnerships at Eco-Industrial Parks
Inclusive and sustainable industrialization and sustainable cities
11. 11
An international framework for Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP)
Joint work
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Time-line of collaboration
12. Process of Continuous Improvement:
Going Beyond the EIP Performance RequirementsEIPPerformanceRequirements
Core EIP Categories and Topics
Park
management
performance
Environment
performance
Social
performance
Economic
performance
• Park
management
services
• Monitoring
• Planning and
zoning
• Environmental
management
and monitoring
• Energy
management
• Water
management
• Waste and
material use
• Natural
environment
and climate
resilience
• Social
management
and monitoring
• Social
infrastructure
• Community
outreach and
dialogue
• Employment
generation
• Local business
and SME
promotion
• Economic value
creation
Compliance with local and national regulations and alignment with international
standards