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Circular Economy Policies

MCLI Recommendation: “Congress could pass legislation that establishes procurement requirements for the federal government consistent with circular economy and deep decarbonization goals.”

LPDD Recommendations: “Congress could pass legislation that sets forth minimum recycled content requirements for a wide range of materials and products.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should consider design requirements on electronic products that facilitate repurposing and recycling.”

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Waste Free Ontario Act

Ontario’s 2016 Bill 151, the Waste Free Ontario Act, marks a shift towards Extended Producer Responsibility for all products — e-waste, tires, packaging, compost and more. The second part of Bill 151,...
Example Congress

Proposed Zero Waste Act of 2019

A proposed grant funding program for organics recycling infrastructure, e-waste, source reduction, and market development.
Resource Local Governments

Zero Waste Design Guidelines

In support of NYC’s goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2030, the Zero Waste Design Guidelines surveyed architects, planners, developers, city officials, waste haulers, recycling experts and bu...
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EU Circular Economy policy

The EU undertook an Action Plan for the Circular Economy in 2015, creating common EU targets for recycling municipal waste and reducing landfill waste. The revised legislative framework on waste enter...
Model Law Local Governments

LPDD Model Resolution: Local Resolution in Support of a Circular Economy

A circular economy is an economic system that minimizes resource extraction and reduces resource use and waste by ensuring that all resources cycle indefinitely. In a circular economy, products and se...
Resource Congress

Report, Opportunities and Limits of CO2 Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy

This report, part of the Carbon Management Research Initiative at Columbia University’s Center on Global Policy, examines 19 CO2 recycling pathways to understand the opportunities and the technical an...
Example Foreign

China’s Circular Economy Promotion Law

China’s Circular Economy Promotion Law (2008) requires local and provincial planners to consider circular economy issues in any planning effort. The Law calls for the state to set resource reduction g...