Circular Economy. 1. The Parties shall prevent or minimise the generation of waste at source. They shall improve product reusability, recyclability and resource efficiency in order to adapt production and consumption to the achievement of a circular economy, including through adequate waste collection and sorting services and environmentally sound recycling initiatives and facilities. They undertake to adopt policies on the circular economy in order to protect the environment and human health, make products more energy- and resource-efficient, broaden consumer choice and improve waste management.
Circular Economy. 1. The Parties recognize that the circular economy offers a systemic approach to adopting sustainable consumption and production patterns. The Parties further recognize the role that international trade can play in the transition to a circular economy, including facilitating the movement of secondary materials and related goods and services through global supply chains.
Circular Economy. Support the development of the circular economy in Ireland by optimising the scale and impact of the National Waste Prevention Programme and food waste activities. Inform the development of a national waste and circular economy policy through provision of accessible and timely statistics and information. Governance Issues
Circular Economy. Implementing the government-wide circular economy programme and the transition agendas set out in the Raw Materials Agreement is an important part of meeting our climate commitments. In this regard, the government will place extra emphasis on developing and sharing knowledge and best practices. The government will also identify bottlenecks to sustainable innovation in legislation, supervision and enforcement, and see whether these can be resolved.
Circular Economy. As far as High Priority Case 3 is concerned, the circular economy is gaining increasing attention worldwide as a means to reduce dependency on primary materials and energy, while at the same time becoming an economically viable alternative to the linear economy. In fact, Industry 4.0 bears enormous opportunities to enable circular economy, in which end of life products are reused, remanufactured and recycled. Increasingly, companies are applying innovative solutions, including the “Internet of Things” (IoT), cloud computing and 3D printing that will enable more interoperability and flexible industrial processes and autonomous and intelligent manufacturing. The initiatives developed for High Priority Case 3 are the following: Initiatives for the Circular Economy
Circular Economy. The agreement supports NIST’s work on the circular economy and provides an increase of no less than $1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level for these activities with plastics and other ma- terials in the supply chain. Of this amount, up to $1,000,000 is to support further work on other classes of materials including elec- tronics waste, battery and solar waste, and other waste streams. In addition, the agree- ment provides no less than the fiscal year 2022 enacted level for competitive external grants for academic institutions to inves- tigate plastic and polymeric materials, as well as novel methods to characterize both known and newly developed materials con- sistent with prior year direction adopted in Public Law 117–103. Composites.—NIST is encouraged to develop new composite technologies to solve prob- lems in the manufacturing space and related materials industries consistent with prior year direction adopted in Public Law 117–103. Regenerative Medicine Standards.—The agreement provides $3,000,000 for NIST and the Standards Coordinating Body to con- tinue to develop comprehensive standards for the development and evaluation of regenera- tive medicine products to fulfill the regen- erative medicine standards provisions en- acted under the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub- lic Law 114–255). In addition, the agreement provides up to $1,500,000 to support the devel- opment of curricula in partnership with aca- demic institutions and other stakeholders such as through establishment of consortia for workforce training around the use of re- generative medicine standards.
Circular Economy. Cooperating and exchanging information on the transition to a circular economy, especially regarding the sectors of (plastic) packaging, textiles, the built environment, and vehicles, recognizing the importance of the role of the private sector in steering this transition in their supply chains; and • Sharing best practices on public-private partnerships, as well as market incentives and other economic development tools, that advance the transition towards a circular economy.
Circular Economy. We deal consciously with raw materials and commodities in order to create long-term value.
Circular Economy. Circular Economy (CE) is seen as a necessary step to achieve sustainable development (Geissdoerfer et al., 2017). The current ‘take-make-waste’ model is labelled as an unsustainable path (EMF & Granta design, 2015). The CE is seen as an approach that has the potential to break with the current linear economy. In the last couple of years, governments, scholars, companies and citizens devoted more attention to the CE concept as a potential solution to the current sustainability issues. This is denoted by recent EU policy (European Commission, 2015, 2018a, b), national and regional policy targets (e.g. Circular Flanders), business sectors reports (EMF & Granta design, 2015), and the increasing number of academic articles (Xxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, 2019). Circular Economy became a generally known concept. However, some critics claim that it has different meanings to different people. There is no definition that is commonly accepted among scientists and other professionals. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, & Hekkert (2017) analysed 114 circular economy definitions. Only four definitions were used more than once. Most of the definitions focus on economic prosperity. The social considerations are neglected most among the 114 definitions. The most used definition has been provided by the Xxxxx XxxXxxxxx Foundation (2012, p.7): “[CE] an industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention and design. It replaces the ‘end-of- life’ concept with restoration, shifts towards the use of renewable energy, eliminates the use of toxic chemicals, which impair reuse, and aims for the elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, systems, and, within this, business models.” Xxxxxxxxxxxx et al. (2017) claim that this is the most prominent definition. Although Xxxxxxxxx et al. (2017) propose a consensual and broad definition, they acknowledge that a CE understanding can be broader than the definitions presented with his study. Xxxxxxxx (2018) also emphasized the vagueness of the CE concept. He mentions that it seems as if CE is a collection of separate ideas from several fields and semi-scientific concepts. Moraga et al. (2019) propose the use of two definitions representing CE in sensu stricto and sensu xxxx. The sensu stricto, namely narrow focus, distinguishes CE from the linear economy by two characteristics: slowing and closing resource loops. On the other hand, the broader definition (sensu xxxx) pushes the focus to sustainability an...
Circular Economy. In a EU Australia FTA, businesses that fulfill the circular economy between EU and Australia should be considered in the list of items. Businesses that have critical facilities between EU and Australia should be allowed to trade items between the parties under an FTA condition. Especially with the risk of counter-vailing, a circular economy consideration in an FTA would better implement a feature of economic security. In such cases, when a business is facing threats of counter-vailed competition, it would affect its supply chain and thereby would raise a concern for the balance of trade in a free trading environment. Businesses that provide established products and services between EU and Australia, with certain parts or services being developed or provided from either economy, should be provided an advantage from a EU Australia FTA. Such businesses would consist of both non- financial sector businesses such as manufacturers or providers of specific services, who would be countered on such products or services being made available between the two economies in a regulated manner. Financial sector businesses such as banks and insurance services would also be considered such that any financial advantage from counter-vailed products or services that may intersect, obstacle or prevent the circular flow of such dependent products or services, are accounted for accurately as per the expectations of the connected EU Australia market in a Free Trade environment. An EU Australia FTA should provide a trade advantage for businesses that operate in a circular economy product or service delivery. An EU Australia FTA should provide a trade advantage for such financial services that provide assurances against counter-vailed products and services that damage the business interests of businesses in EU and Australia from forming a circular economy.
