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CIRCULAR ECONOMYTRANSITION IN THE NETHERLANDS

100 % CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN 2050

50% reduction in the use of

primary raw materials by

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following chains and sectors have the highest priority:

1.biomass and food, 2.plastics,

3.manufacturing, 4.Construction

5.consumer goods.

100 % Circular Economy in the Netherland in 2050

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IS MORE THAN RECYCLING

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• Government-wide policy programme has been translated into nearly 200 actions.

• Some have been in place for a while, others should be regarded as new policy proposals

Actions government-wide policy programme circular economy, per circularity strategy

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Actions in government-wide policy programme circular economy per objective

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Degree of circularity of the economy

The distinction between formative and growth phase makes it possible to monitor the progress made in the transition process before the intended effects are seen in terms of reduced resource use and environmental pressure (e.g. CO2 emissions) and socio-economic progress (e.g. value added)

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The monitoring system is a growth model (developing through the years)

The monitoring results should illustrate whether the transition process and its effects on resource

use, environmental pressure and the economy are progressing as planned

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Policy framework for measuring the progress of the transition towards a circular economy

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Insights regarding our national monitoring system

o The Dutch policy makers aim for a broad, firm foundation for the systematic monitoring of both the transition process and its effects.

o It is already possible to measure the progress being made regarding the actions of the government-wide policy programme.

o Effect monitoring is also possible to some extent at the national scale level

o For the most circular strategies there are as yet no good indicators

o There is currently little information available in a form suitable for transition dynamics monitoring.

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* Economic and environmental benefits if e.g. all compostable waste from households is being collected separately.

*Economic and environmental benefits if e.g. 70,000 new build houses are being developed using circular strategies.

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE MONITORING FRAMEWORK ON A LOCAL SCALE

• Primary indicators provide insight on the raw material use of a region

• Dashboard indicators cover issues such as recycling, energy and biodiversity

• Transition indicators reflect the degree of institutional renewal of this system

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Primaryindicators

Dashboard indicators

Transitionindicators

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REDUCING THE DIGITAL GAP

REDUCING THE DIGITAL GAP

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REDUCING THE DIGITAL GAP

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CIRCULARITY TOOLS – START MEASURING

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THANK YOU!

Reports about Circularity indicators:

• Measuring Circular Jobs: https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/en/nieuws/measuring-the-jobs-and-skills-that-are-boosting-amsterdams-circular-economy

• Measuring Circularity in the world: https://www.circle-economy.com/the-circularity-gap-report-our-world-is-only-9-circular/#.XKtawpgzaUk

• Circular Monitoring strategy metropolitan region Amsterdam (dutchreport) https://www.amsterdameconomicboard.com/app/uploads/2019/02/Metabolic_MonitoringVoorEenCirculaireStadsregio_14122018-002.pdf | Explanation about the report https://www.metabolic.nl/news/measuring-the-circular-economy-the-dutch-pioneers-leading-the-way/

• Measuring circular economy in the Netherlands (what we want to know and measure) https //www pbl nl/en/publicaties/circular economy what we want to know and can