Assessment of the circular economy transition readiness at a national level

García, Claudia Lorena; Cayzer, Steve

doi:10.4324/9780429434006-7

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“…The underlying pillar of the strategy allows progress in the productive transformation, in short, medium, and long-term scenarios [21]. Benson and Monciardini [22] outline how in Colombia, the National Circular Economy Strategy is initiating the transition from a linear to CE, pointing to recycling usable solid waste instead of throwing/burning as explained by Garcia and Cayzer [23]. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) partnered with the State, the private sector, and civil society to identify innovative business models in the recycling sector and influence consumer habits.…”

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confidence: 99%

Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater sector in the Latin-American Region (LAR)

Soto-Ríos¹,

Nagabhatla²,

Acevedo-Juárez³

2023

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Circular Economy (CE) is noted as an emerging tool or framework to support sustainable production and consumption agenda. In addition, CE is aiming to be a trigger for redefining economic growth pathways to be sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive to ecological and environmental agendas and to focus its operational standards on co-creating societal benefits. Concerning the guiding principles and the standards of practice applied to implement and scale circular economy, this study will provide an overview of the water sector-specific circularity roadmaps and strategies in the Latin American Region. By using a semi-systematic review, document analysis, and qualitative assessment approach, we highlight framings and operational pathways, gaps, and needs within existing practices of circularity in the water sector. The results provide an overview of CE pathways at the national level of selected countries in LAR iterating those nations reflect various levels of advancement (low to high) with CE-focused innovations and policy support structures specific to the water and wastewater sectors. Towards the closing, the study is pointing to the ‘call for action’ to integrate outstanding advances and innovations in the circular economy within sectoral mandates for water and wastewater management, making an argument that circularity in the water sector could serve as an accelerator toward implementing the agenda outlined in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular for SDG 6 (water security for all).

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Section: Country 2: Colombiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater sector in the Latin-American Region (LAR)

Soto-Ríos¹,

Nagabhatla²,

Acevedo-Juárez³

2023

Preprint

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“…Ref. [67] identified several opportunities for CE transitions in Columbia and other low-and middle-income economies: greater political coherence; a suitable fiscal framework for sustainable practices; a robust IT infrastructure; and the use of ICT by enterprises to develop CE business models. They also emphasized the necessity of promoting financing schemes and incentives to implement design-led approaches to production in the industrial sector.…”

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A Framework to Assess Manufacturers’ Circular Economy Readiness Level in Developing Countries: An Application Case in a Serbian Packaging Company

Demko-Rihter

Sassanelli

Pantelic³

et al. 2023

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Researchers highlighted the gap between the circular economy (CE) theory and real manufacturing practices. In developing countries, the background for CE development is quite different from developed countries, where there is an established waste management structure and a robust environmental policy. In addition, a shortage of best practices, guidelines, learning experiences, frameworks, and models capable of guiding manufacturers in measuring their circular level and track a roadmap towards an improvement of their circular readiness is raised in the literature. Therefore, this research develops and proposes a framework for assessing company’s CE readiness and is tailored for companies operating in developing countries. In detail, the framework investigates the two main perspectives (product and business model) that companies should consider adopting and implementing CE in their operations and business. The framework also supports companies to track an improvement roadmap through the definition of future actions and KPIs. To develop the framework, an application case with a company placed in Serbia and operating in the packaging industry has been conducted. The application of the framework unveiled that there is room for improvement in developing countries to foster CE adoption, especially in the policy context. Indeed, policy incentives and instruments of public authorities would considerably support the circular transition process in companies.

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“…Despite the efforts to advance a CE, the transition towards a CE is still in an early stage due to the globally dominant linear economy structure and mindset [9][10][11]. In Europe-where, compared to other countries, transition efforts towards CE are the most documented [12]-materials security has been one of the main drivers giving a boost to the transition to CE due to a high dependence on imports of raw materials [13]. A transition started as a private sector initiative with a focus on financial benefits [14], following a bottom-up approach where the actions of the private sector have gradually been supported by policies and governmental institutions [10,12,15].…”

Section: Transition To a Circular Economy: Transition Thinkingmentioning

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“…In Europe-where, compared to other countries, transition efforts towards CE are the most documented [12]-materials security has been one of the main drivers giving a boost to the transition to CE due to a high dependence on imports of raw materials [13]. A transition started as a private sector initiative with a focus on financial benefits [14], following a bottom-up approach where the actions of the private sector have gradually been supported by policies and governmental institutions [10,12,15]. Despite many efforts in Europe towards the transition to CE, the maturity level (i.e., from niche to mainstream) of these efforts regarding the CE in different sectors varies enormously [16,17].…”

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Moving from Niche to Norm: Lessons from Food Waste Initiatives

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For a transition to a circular economy to take place, behavioural change from people who are part of the transition is a key requirement. However, this change often does not occur by itself. For systemic behavioural change, policy instruments that incentivise behaviour supporting circular food systems play a key role. These instruments need to be aligned with the environment in which the behaviour takes place. In this study, we scrutinise a case study with five initiatives on the reduction of food loss and waste (FLW) contributing to a circular food system, to understand how specific, well-targeted combinations of instruments as well as other contextual and personal factors can fuel the transition to a circular economy and the reduction of FLW. All the initiatives are taking place under the umbrella of the Dutch initiative “United against food waste” (STV). We use a behavioural change perspective to assess how initiatives that support circular food systems arise and how they can be further supported. Based on the case-study analysis, we arrive at five common success traits and barriers, and five key needs for upscaling. We conclude that motivated, inspiring frontrunners are of key importance in the initial phase of a transition process. However, once a niche initiative is ready to be scaled up, the enabling environment becomes increasingly important.

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Assessment of the circular economy transition readiness at a national level

Cited by 9 publications

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Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater sector in the Latin-American Region (LAR)

Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater sector in the Latin-American Region (LAR)

A Framework to Assess Manufacturers’ Circular Economy Readiness Level in Developing Countries: An Application Case in a Serbian Packaging Company

Moving from Niche to Norm: Lessons from Food Waste Initiatives

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