Circular Economy

 


It is about moving from a completely disposable society to a more circular economic model.

The circular economy: fundamental principles

Preservation of resources, our environment, our health, allow the economic and industrial development of regions, reduce waste and waste: the circular economy is an economic model that aims to meet these challenges. It aims to move from a completely disposable society, based on a linear economy (extract, manufacture, consume, throw away) towards a more circular economic model.

The new production and consumption models linked to the circular economy can generate activities and create sustainable and non-relocatable jobs.

The circular economy is part of the field of the green economy. The challenges of the circular economy are at the same time environmental, economic and social.

In France, the transition to a circular economy is officially recognized as one of the objectives of the energy and ecological transition and as one of the commitments of sustainable development.

It requires progress in several areas.

•             Sustainable supply: take into account the environmental and social impacts of the resources used, in particular those associated with their extraction and exploitation.

•             Eco-design: take into account the environmental impacts over the entire life cycle of a product and integrate them from the design stage.

•             Industrial and territorial ecology: synergize and pool between several economic players the flows of materials, energy, water, infrastructure, goods or even services in order to optimize the use of resources on a territory.

•      The functional economy: favoring use over possession, selling a service rather than a good.

•             Responsible consumption: taking into account the environmental and social impacts at all stages of the product's life cycle in purchasing choices, whether the buyer is public or private.

•             Extending the useful life of products by resorting to repair, sale or second-hand purchase, by donation, in the context of reuse and reuse.

•             Improving the prevention, management and recycling of waste, including by reinjecting and reusing waste materials in the economic tuition cycle.

The anti-waste law for a circular economy

It follows on from the work carried out during the Roadmap for a circular economy, the result of a long process of consultation and discussion with the parties. stakeholders. The law is based on 5 main axes:

•             come out at all disposable;

•             better inform consumers;

•             fight against waste and for solidarity reuse;

•             act against planned obsolescence;

•             better produce.

The law sets new goals, such as the end of disposable plastic by 2040. To achieve this, it introduces progressive bans to reduce the use of single-use plastic. Several measures are also aimed at better informing consumers, such as harmonizing the colors of bins, setting up a unique logo (Truman) to facilitate sorting or the development of environmental labeling. The law also prohibits the elimination of unsold non-food items and strengthens the fight against food waste. A reparability index is created in order to fight against planned obsolescence. Finally, an important section of the law is devoted to the overhaul of the sectors subject to extended producer responsibility: creation of new sectors, better transparency,

The circular economy in the energy transition law for green growth

The concept of circular economy has officially entered the law on energy transition for green growth of August 18, 2015. This recognizes the transition to a circular economy as a national objective and as one of the pillars of the sustainable development. This law gave the following definition for the circular economy (environmental code, article L. 110-1-1):

In particular, through the reuse of products, and, depending on the hierarchy of waste treatment methods, to reuse, recycling or, failing that, recovery of waste. "

This law also defined ambitious objectives linked to the circular economy, such as a 30% increase by 2030 in the ratio between GDP and domestic consumption of materials: it is therefore a question of producing using less materials, in order to decouple the growth from the consumption of materials.

The law contains important advances in terms of sustainable production (ban on plastic bags, penalization of planned obsolescence, etc.) and sustainable consumption (fight against food waste, etc.).

It also contains structuring objectives concerning the prevention and management of waste.

•             Waste prevention: reduce the quantities of household and similar waste by 10% and stabilize the quantities of waste from economic activities produced in 2020 compared to 2010.

•             Recycling: achieve 65% recycling by 2025 for non-hazardous non-inert waste.

•             Halve landfill in 2025 compared to 2010.


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