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OECD WORK ON THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Peter Börkey, Environment Directorate Driving towards Circularity Bratislava, 6-7 November 2017

Recent OECD work on resource efficiency

DATA SUPPORT FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION POLICY ANALYSIS

• Emerging national and regional level initiatives on resource efficiency

and circular economy

– Japan (Fundamental Law for Sound Material-Cycle Society) – EU Circular Economy Package – China, Finland, France, and the Netherlands (circular economy roadmaps) – United States (Sustainable Materials Management Action Plan)

• Momentum at the international level

– 2008: OECD Council Recommendation on Resource Productivity; G8 Kobe 3R Action Plan – 2015: G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency – 2016: G7 Toyama Framework on Materials Cycles – 2017: G7 5-year Bologna Roadmap – 2017: Launch of the G20 Resource Efficiency Dialogue

Growing international momentum

Ongoing work

• Macroeconomic benefits of the circular economy

─ Macroeconomic consequences: GDP and welfare; ─ Changes in sectoral structure; ─ Composition of labour markets; ─ Macroeconomic competitiveness and international trade

• New business models for the circular economy

– Types of business models and their environmental outcomes

• Plastics in the environment

– Alignment of waste and chemicals management policies – Improving markets for secondary plastics

• Business and CE

– Supply chains for CE and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises – Focus on the sharing economy

• Economic instruments for CE:

– Environmentally harmful subsidies – Extended producer responsibility – Green public procurement

Possible work in 2019-20

The rebound effect: Cars are getting bigger and heavier