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CIRCWASTE - Towards circular economy in Finland
Circwaste is a Finnish initiative aimed at advancing the circular economy and implementing the national waste management plan from 2016 to 2023, supported by a budget of approximately €18.8 million. The project involves 20 partners and focuses on pilot projects that enhance waste management, promote recycling, and improve material efficiency across various sectors. It also establishes regional cooperation groups to catalyze resource-efficient practices among municipalities, companies, and citizens.
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- 1. CIRCWASTE – TowardsCircular Economy in Finland The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) 1
- 2. CIRCWASTE directs Finland towardscircular economy and implements the National Waste Management Plan 2
- 3. Duration: 1.10.2016-31.12.2023 Budget: 18799 605 € (of which EU: 11 112 104 €) Realisers: 20 partners Financiers: EU LIFE programme and 10 co-financiers Coordinator: The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) CIRCWASTE – a creation of 20 partners 3
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- 5. Carries out concrete pilotprojects in key areas to develop the waste manegement system and to promote circular economy Implements the goals of the National Waste Management Plan 5 CIRCWASTE Launches new projects and processes that support waste manegement and circular economy Supports Finland in becoming a forerunner in circular economy Establishes a Circular Economy Network that provides expert help and analyses and communicates the results of the project
- 6. • Decrease theamounts of municipal solid waste and meet the recycling targets • Increase the recycling of construction and demolition waste • Improve material efficiency and waste prevention in production, industry and trade • Increase the utilisation of mineral waste and industrial by-products • Improve the reduction and recovery of hazardous waste • Generate new information on potential circular economy actions, priority sectors, material flows and value chains in each case study regions and • Utilise the information generated during the project in order to create new system level changes in waste management 6 Aims of CIRCWASTE according to the National Waste Management Plan
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- 8. Research institutes and universities Partners •Finnish Environment Institute • Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) • Lappeenranta University of Technology • Karelia University of applied sciences • Turku University of applied sciences (TUAS) 8 Municipalities and regions Companies and public enterprises • GS1 Finland Ltd • Kompotek Ltd • Ramboll Finland Ltd • Joensuun Science Park Ltd • Kiertomaa Ltd • Motiva Ltd • Pikes Ltd • Puhas Ltd • City of Lappeenranta • Central Finland Health Care District • City of Jyväskylä • City of Pori • Regional Council of Central Finland • Regional Council of North Karelia • Regional Council of Southwest Finland
- 9. Financing • EU LIFEProgramme 9 Main financer Co-financers • Gasum • Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra • Finnish Transport Agency • Ministry of the Environment • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry • Mustankorkea • Pirteä Porsas • Rauman Biovoima • Sammakkokangas
- 10. Concrete results from CIRCWASTEactions 10
- 11. The CIRCWASTE partnerscarry out around 20 actions Actions • The actions include: • building pilot plants • developing new processes, methods and products • carrying out trials • writing and publishing studies, reports and plans • training and counselling 11
- 12. Six themes relatedto waste management and circular economy under which there are 20 CIRCWASTE project actions Utilising soilsDigital solutions and logistics Biodegradable waste and byflows Resource efficiency in construction Industrial waste and material flows Regional and strategic development and networking projects
- 13. Regional strategic developmentand networking projects ● Establishing a network and offering counselling (City of Pori) ● Collecting good ideas and offering funding for the best (City of Jyväskylä) ● Charting biowaste flows and planning the needed processings, estimating costs and enviromental impacts (Central Finland) and identifying business opportunities (Joensuu Science Park) ● Identifying new processing technologies and planning their implementation (SYKE) 13 Regional and strategic development and networking projects
- 14. Resource efficiency inconstruction ● Establishing a network for constuctors, property developers, authorities, etc., to implement resource efficient solutions, e.g. at the Housing Fair (City of Pori) ● Developing a resource efficienct operations model for waste management in hospitals (Central Finland) ● Identifying and testing best techniques for decreasing the amounts of construction and demolition waste as well as sorting and recycling of waste, offering training (North Karelia) 14 Resource efficiency in construction
- 15. Biodegradable waste andbyflows ● Educating farmers to establish farm-scale biogas plants. (Southwest Finland, Turku University of Applied Sciences) ● Finding solutions to redistribute surplus food (LUKE) ● Testing biogas production from manure and organic byproducts and testing fertiliser production (LUKE) ● Testing decomposition and manufacturing of new products from byflows originating from agriculture, metal industry and food industry (Pielinen Karelia Development Center Ltd, PIKES) 15 Biodegradable waste and byflows
- 16. Industrial waste andmaterial flows ● Developing waste management and utilisation of byproducts, such as plastics, in rural areas (Karelia University of Applied Sciences) ● Study of industrial material flows and construction of a pilot plant for e.g. recycling of industrial magnets (City of Pori) ● Assessment of material flows, environmental impacts and cost-efficiency of a pilot plant for reusing plastics and other byproducts and manufacturing composite materials. Construction of the plant. (Lappeenranta University of Technology) 16 Industrial waste and material flows
- 17. Utilising soils ● Utilisationof industrial waste and contaminated sediments in the construction of a coastal bay (Ramboll Finland Ltd) ● Piloting of the use of recycled materials in a highway construction application (Ramboll Finland Ltd) ● Developing Saramäki Recycling Park and the operation of soil recycling in the Turku region (Kiertomaa Ltd) 17 Utilising soils
- 18. Digital solutions andlogistics • Improving the source-separation and recycling of waste in a new residential area by installing a smart waste management and logistics system (City of Jyväskylä) • Developing a digital and mobile cloud service tool for SMEs supply chain management and to prevent losses (GS1 Finland Ltd) 18 Digital solutions and logistics
- 19. CIRCWASTE catalyses actionto improve material efficiency and recycling in four key areas in Finland 19
- 20. Regional cooperation groupsencourage municipalities, companies and citizens in material efficiency and recycling Regional cooperation • Regional cooperation groups will be established in four key areas in Finland: Southwest Finland, Central Finland, South Karelia and North Karelia • The members of regional cooperation groups are important stakeholders such as representatives from municipalities, waste management companies, other companies and authorities • Regional coordinators will work in the areas with the support from CIRCWASTE project • All CIRCWASTE actions will be carried out in four key areas 20
- 21. The tasks ofregional cooperation groups are: Regional cooperation • Establishing roadmap plans for the implementation of the NWP in a region • Influencing public and private decision making • Catalysing regional administration, businesses and residents to act in a more resource efficient way • Documentation of the NWP activities implemented in a region • Mobilizing funding for new activities • Compiling an implementation plan on executing the regional waste management plans 21
- 22. 22 Central Finland North Karelia SouthKarelia Southwest Finland A.1&C.3 A.2&C.4 C.10 C.11 C.12 C.9C.5,C.6,C.7 ,C.8 A.3 C.13 A.7&C.15 A.4 C.18 C.20 C.22A.6&C.21 C.14 C.17 Regions, coopertion groups and actions • Key areas: Southwest Finland, Central Finland, South Karelia, North Karelia • Around 20 actions carried out in the areas (A.1-C.22) • The regional cooperation groups implement the National Waste Management Plan in the areas Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group A.5&C.19 A.8
- 23. The Circular Economy Networkprovides expert services 23
- 24. The Circular EconomyNetwork offers counselling and tools and shares information of good practices. The Circular Economy Network • The Finnish Environment Institute and Motiva Ltd have established the Circular Economy Network as part of CIRCWASTE project • The network • Provides services and assessments for municipalities, adminstration, companies and citizens to support in implementation of the National Waste Management Plan • Shares information of solutions and good practices • Brings expert organisations, regional cooperation groups, forerunner municipalities and other actors together 24
- 25. 25 Circular Economy Network SYKE & MOTIVA CentralFinland North Karelia South Karelia Southwest Finland A.1&C.3 A.2&C.4 C.10 C.11 C.12 C.9C.5,C.6,C.7 ,C.8 A.3 C.13 A.7&C.15 A.4 C.18 C.20 C.22A.6&C.21 C.14 C.17 Circular Economy Network provides expert services • Circular Economy Network acts as an engine: it offers expert services, carries out assessments and studies, and communicates results and good practices to actors in regions Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group Regional cooperation group A.5&C.19 A.8
- 26. Tasks of CircularEconomy Network 1/2 • Practical support • Collection and production of background information on good/best practices and success stories on circular economy • Support activities for industrial symbiosis • Training and networking events for the key stakeholders in waste management in the regions and forerunner municipalities • Facilitation of the creation of circular economy strategies and roadmaps in the project regions and forerunner municipalities • Promotion of getting municipalities to make a commitment to being a forerunner of the circular economy • Help desk services: • Resource efficient public procurement • Hazardousness and utilisation of by-products/waste • Financing possibilities 26
- 27. Tasks of CircularEconomy Network 2/2 • Development of methods and tools • Development of regional circular economy indicators • Life cycle (LC) based tools for environmental and cost analyses of different actors • Regional impact assessment model • Material audits • Research and developement studies including analysis of CIRCWASTE actions • Impact assessments of circular economy strategies and roadmaps • Communication and dissemination and sharing best practices 27
- 28. Forerunner municipalities lead theway towards circular economy 28
- 29. CIRCWASTE offers municipalitiesthe possibility to become a forerunner in material efficiency, recycling and circular economy Forerunner municipalities • Municipalities can apply to become forerunners • The Circular Economy Network run by the Finnish Environment Institute and Motiva Ltd offer selected municipalities services, counselling and support 29
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- 31. Project manager TuuliMyllymaa [email protected] Tel. +358 295 251 437 www.materiaalitkiertoon.fi www.circwaste.fi Contact information 31