The document discusses the role of eco-design in achieving a circular economy, noting that ACR+ is a network of over 90 local and regional authorities from 23 countries that works to promote circular economy principles. It explains that local and regional authorities can support the circular economy through eco-design by establishing permitting criteria, providing training, and engaging in green public procurement to boost eco-innovation among small and medium enterprises.

1. Françoise Bonnet | ACR+
The role of eco-design in the circular
economy
Brussels, 16 June 2015

2. - ACR+: Who are we?
- Circular Economy and LRAs
- Circular Economy and Eco-design
Plan

3. ACR+
Network for local &
regional authorities
Publications
Conferences
Webinars
News
• +/- 90 members
• 23 countries
• > 1000 LRAs

4. - ACR+: Who are we?
- Circular Economy and eco-design
- Circular Economy and LRAs
Plan

5. Resources
Production
Consumption
Waste
Linear economy Chain economy Circular economy
From waste to resources
Circular economy
From waste to resources…

6. General principles
Climate change
Eutrophication
Toxic pression
Land use
Raw material
Energy
Resources
Transport
TransportTransport
Storage/ sail
Energy
recovery
Use Production
Life Cycle Thinking

7. • Beside longlasting , repairable and reusable products,
we know that:
Recyclability of products

8. - ACR+: Who are we?
- Circular Economy and eco-design
- Circular Economy and LRAs
Plan

9. Circular economy
ACR+ and Circular Economy
- The waste hierarchy structures Circular Economy
- Circular Economy implies a territorial hierarchy
- Local and Regional Authorities (LRA ‘s) to combine with
consumers and producers perspective
- Shared governance
- New business models and innovations

10. Multi-R approach

11. Territorial Hierarchy

12. Circular economyNew business models
Product-
services
systems
Extended
warranty
Eco-design
Territorial
Symbiosis
One to one
return
Deposit
systems
Hiring
Reuse
centers
Sharing
Repair
café
Recycle
parks

13. LRA
Multi-
actors
Multi-
services
Political
opportunities
and constrains
Technical
opportunities
and
constrains
Top-Down
/ Bottom-
Up
Shared governance

14. LRAs = key actors
Planning
Green
public
procurem.
Behavioural
change
Re-use
centers
Selective
collection
&
recycling
Monitoring
control
Eco-parks
SME
support
Subsidies
Local
taxes
PAYT
system
Local &
Regional
Authorities

15. - ACR+: Who are we?
- Circular Economy and eco-design
- Circular Economy and LRAs
- Circular economy, eco-design and LRAs
Plan

16. - Eco-conditions included in the awarding of
environmental and urbanism permits
- Criteria favouring eco-design in the setting of
amounts for EPR contribution
- Supporting vocational trainings in eco-design and
the integration of eco-design in SME’s
- Awarding of labels and rewards for eco-
enterpises
Circular Economy, Eco Design and LRAs

17. - Green public procurement :
• Exemplarity (sustainable buildings, reuse
furnitures, recycled paper, etc.)
• PP = 15 % / 20 % GDP in the EU
• Boosting eco-innovation (cf. Ecover’s story)
Circular Economy, Eco Design and LRAs

18. - Front-runners examples:
• Catalan Region (eco-design awards)
• Flemish Region (Ecolizer and SIS toolkit)
• Limburg Privince (Cradle to cradle network)
Circular Economy, Eco Design and LRAs

19. Thank you !
www.acrplus.org
Contact: gc@acrplus.org
Gaëlle Colas, ACR+