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National Waste Prevention Committee Meeting 26th November 2012

Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

(STRIVE Project 2011-WRM-DS-03)

Tadhg Coakley Clean Technology Centre,

Cork Institute of Technology


  Introduction to CTC   Project

1.  Part 1: Now 1.  Legal Basis/Background 2.  Resource Efficiency (RE) Initiatives in Ireland 3.  Stakeholder Consultation 4.  RE Initiatives elsewhere

2.  Part 2: The Future 1.  Methodology 2.  What is RE? 3.  Exploratory recommendations for Ireland 4.  Why Resource Efficiency?


Contents


  Founded in 1992 to promote preventive approaches to waste (waste prevention resource efficiency)

  Consultancy and over 100 pure and applied research projects in this field; national and international

  4 related ERTDI/STRIVE Projects   A Study of Pay-by-Use Systems for Maximising Waste Reduction Behaviour in Ireland 2011   Investigation into why existing environmental technologies are underused 2006   Assessment and Development of a Waste Prevention Framework for Ireland 2003   Assessment and Evaluation of Outlets for Materials that can be Recovered from Municipal

Waste 2001

  National Waste Prevention Programme   Green Business, Green Healthcare, Green Hospitality, Stop Food Waste, Local Authority Prevention Network

Clean Technology Centre, CIT


Project

  Desk Study under the EPA STRIVE Research Programme   Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

(STRIVE Project 2011-WRM-DS-03)   Timescale: February 2012 – January 2013   Methodology

 Review of relevant legislation, policy and RE initiatives in Ireland  Discussions with Irish stakeholders regarding resource-efficiency  Review of similar policies/initiatives across Europe and elsewhere  Analysis of current situation in Ireland and possible improvements/new

initiatives




Part 1: Now


1. Legal basis/Background

  Resource efficiency a requirement under the implementation of the Waste Framework Directive (98/2008/EC).

  Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (2010)

  Resource-Efficient Europe Initiative (COM (2011) 21) – a cornerstone of Europe 2020

  Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (COM (2011) 571)   Communication laying out the ‘vision’ of RE by 2050 and RE

Member State requirements



Legal basis/Background - IE Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

  Legislation   EPA Act, 1992; Waste Management Acts 1996 and 2001; WM

Packaging Regulations 1997, 1998; Water Services Act 200; Building Regulations; Food Waste Regulations 2009; EC Waste Directive Regulations 2011; many specific material legislations (haz. waste etc.);

  Policy   Waste Management: Changing our Ways, 1998   Preventing and Recycling Waste, 2002   National Strategy on Biodegradable Waste, 2006   National Climate Change Strategy, 2007   National Hazardous Waste Management Plan, 2008   Our Sustainable Future – A Framework for Sustainable Development

for Ireland 2012   A Resource Opportunity: Waste Management Policy in Ireland 2012



  Other relevant policies   Putting People First – Action Programme for Effective Local Government.   Food Harvest 2020 – A vision for agri-food and fisheries   Food Research Ireland, Meeting the needs of Ireland’s food sector to 2020 through research and

innovation   The National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014   National Reform Programme for Ireland 2011   Building Ireland’s Smart Economy – A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal   Smarter Travel – A sustainable transport future – A New Transport Policy for Ireland 2009 – 2020   Maximising Ireland’s Energy Efficiency – The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2009 – 2020   Strategy for Renewable Energy 2012 -2020   Our Ocean Wealth – Towards an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland   Reforming Water Services to Meet Ireland’s Future Economic and Environmental Needs.   Report of the Research Prioritisation Steering Group   Local Authority Reform Plan (Putting People First)   National Bioenergy Strategy   National Spatial Strategy   Action Plan for Jobs   Supporting Economic Recovery and Jobs locally   Public Sector Reform Programme

Legal basis/Background - IE

 Different NWPP Intiatives

Green Hospitality LAPD/LAPN

Green Business Initiative Packaging Waste Prevention Programme

€co-Cert StopFoodWaste Programme

Green Healthcare Community Reuse Network

SMILE B2B reuse scheme Greening Communities

Green Retail Green Festivals

Green Home CGPP

Green Defence Forces

2. Irish RE Intiatives Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

 Different NWPP Target Groups:

Project Meeting STRIVE Project: Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland October, 2012, Dublin

Business Green Hospitality, LAPN, Green Business, Packaging, Eco-Cert, SFW, SMILE, Green Retail, CGPP, Green Healthcare, CRN, Green Your Festival

Organisations LAPN, SFW, Healthcare, CRN, CGPP, Communities, Defence Forces, Green Your Festival

Communities LAPN, SFW, CRN, Green Communities, Green Home

Homes LAPN, SFW, CRN, Green Home

Irish RE Intiatives Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

 National Waste Prevention Programme 2004 –  Also…

  Implementation of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan – many actions relating to hazardous waste

 Accumulation and delivery of national waste data annually  Enforcement of Regulated Products and Scheduled Activity

Compliance  Enforcement of Producer Responsibility Initiatives

Irish RE Intiatives



Irish RE Intiatives

 Enterprise Ireland Supports  SEAI Programmes  Forfas (green economy)   IDA Ireland – cleantech etc.  Green Tenders Action Plan  Bord Bia Origin Green  BIM Initiatives



 rx3 Recycling Markets Development  Green Schools, Green Campus  STRIVE EPA Research  Producer Responsibility Initiatives  Regional Waste Management Plans  FreeTradeIreland  Pay by Use Segregated Household Collection

Irish RE Intiatives



3. Stakeholder Engagement Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

  Government Departments   Government Agencies from Different Sectors   Representatives of RE supports in place   Recipients of RE supports in place   Private sectors companies   Sector and non-sector specific business umbrella groups   Local authorities   NGOs   Environmental consultants   Individuals (e.g. researchers)


Stakeholder Engagement

  25 discussions proposed initially   24 have taken place thus far (96%)   Several more proposed, some by phone   All discussions cordial and useful, much discussion and

opinion  Overall, people favourably disposed to current RE

initiatives but a general agreement that a better co-ordination and integration of actions is required



 Resource Efficient Production  UK: waste prevention loan fund, WRAP supports  Basque region: eco-efficiency programmes for industry  Austria: ecobusiness plan Vienna  Norway: ENOVA – energy supports  New Zealand: Target Sustainability (Christchurch),

Sustainable Tourism advisors (regional)  Germany: Effizienz-Agentur NRW North Rhine-Westphalia

support scheme  Many others

4. RE Intiatives elsewhere Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland


 Green Public Procurement  Austria: Lower Austria – all new public buildings must

be constructed to passive house standard since 2008  Sweden: One stop shop agency providing product

criteria, training, advice etc.  Netherlands: approaching 100% green public

procurement including social elements, criteria for 45 product groups

 Norway – all government agencies must have an EMS in place, institutions with significant impact must have ISO14001 or EMAS

RE Intiatives elsewhere Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland


 GPP - Life Cycling Thinking   Austria: Eco-Design PILOT

  Online eco-design tool with check-list for all life stages of products   Flanders: EcoDesign Link (OVAM initiative)

  Eco-design tools, Ecolizer 2.0 and SIS toolkit   Design to prevent waste research projects   EcoDesign awards scheme

  Belgium: Household Appliances – energy use and CO2 calculator tools   Germany: WECOBIS

  Web-based information on environmental impacts of construction materials, products and design for full life cycle improvements in this sector

  Belgium, Netherlands: Chain Management Initiatives

RE Intiatives elsewhere Roadmap for a National Resource Efficiency Plan for Ireland

 GPP - Life Cycling Thinking  Nordic Eco-Label  Ecolabelling system for consumers in Iceland, Norway, Sweden,

Denmark and Finland  Germany: Der Blaue Engel  Long-standing eco-labelling scheme, very useful for green

procurement  Basque Country and Wales: Eco-design centres  UK: Designing out waste – advice and guidance on eco-design

(WRAP)  UK Product optimisation- tools for retailers and buyers, on

optimum life of products (WRAP)

RE Intiatives elsewhere



 Reycling Economy  Several countries: deposit schemes, bring back schemes  Sweden: deailed household waste segregation (9 streams),

2015 targets 20% reduction in food waste (from 2010)  Brussels: specific streams 5% reduction in waste; ‘bans’ on

junk mail, telephone directories etc.  Munich, Vienna: ban on disposable drink containers at events  Belgium: certification of products for reuse  Denmark: major food waste reduction programme  UK: eQuip leasing scheme



 Awareness Raising  Built-in awareness raising elements in all programmes

  Sweden, Netherlands etc. GPP – targeted to public bodies, procurement personnel, training etc.

  France: Household behaviour – major public awareness raising by media programmes etc.

  Austria: Resource Efficiency Production – support agencies and networks: Styria Eco Technology Networks.

  Belgium: Recycling Economy – Extensive reuse networks, certification systems etc.

  Denmark: Recycling Economy – food waste prevention logo on food items.

  Nordic Countries – GPP and Recycling economy – Nordic Swan



 Research  Austria: Building of Tomorrow; Factory of Tomorrow; Intelligent

Production  Germany: Material Efficiency Agency; Future Building research

scheme; Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation (MaRess) scheme

 Belgium: Program “Erable” (research programme onenergy conservation and renewables) (Wallonia); Input/Output model (MFA research in Flanders)

 Netherlands: Resource Productivity research (e.g. CE Delft)  Sweden: Towards Sustainable Waste Management

(TOSUWAMA)



But, it takes time…




Part 2: The Future


1. Methodology


What now?

Analysis

Research


2. What is Resource Efficiency?

  Definition: Do more with less

  For materials only:

  For materials and energy:

  Factor X


(RE)M =1−WM

(RE) =1−W+EWM+E

  Austria: 50% improvement by 2020   Germany: 100% improvement by 2020   Ireland: ???%

 Since 1960 in Germany   Labour productivity increase: >350%  Material productivity increase: >200%

3. Draft Recommendations  Four main areas of focus:

 Resource Efficiency Production  Green Public Procurement  Recycling Economy  Awareness Raising



Draft Recommendations  Resource Efficient Production

 Synergies between current schemes  Large scale intensification of current schemes  Soft loans  More training, data, benchmarking on a

widespread scale  Sectoral approaches, scaled approaches  Pareto focus  One stop shop



Draft Recommendations  Green Public Procurement

 Real and immediate commitment and prioritisatsion  Cross Departmental Approach  Data gathering methodology and practice put into

place  One stop shop for advice and information  Large Awareness Raising Campaign  Set of simple criteria for different product groups  Training programme for all involved  Start out simple and get it begun



Draft Recommendations

 GPP - Life Cycle Thinking  Eco-design support tools  Eco labels, reporting mechanisms, material flow data

and analysis  Full life cycle cost/pricing – electrical goods,

buildings, materials  Major training and awareness raising public and private

sectors, and households  Chain management initiatives



Draft Recommendations  Recycling Economy  Proper pricing incentives to recycling – PRIs,

deposit schemes, real pay by use.  Internalisation of external costs – e.g tackle the

issue of single use items (e.g. beverage cups)  Supports for composting, anaerobic digestion  More and better segregation; recyclates, food etc.  Upcycling supports for reuse – price supports,

training, certification schemes, social employment schemes, Good Samaritan Act



Draft Recommendations  Awareness Raising

 Local Networks – LAPN, local authority business support personnel etc.

 Food – SFW national campaign, adverts, events products, etc.

 Business Support – outreach agencies and initiatives (Green Business, SEAI, Enterprise Ireland et al.); business networks etc.; Focused and specific training programmes

 Government Agencies – circular letters, manager networks, trade unions etc.

 The young: 1st and 2nd level education programmes  Households: segregated waste, pay-by-use



Draft Recommendations  Research

 Research closely linked to business and RE needs (e.g. Intelligent Production Programme Austria)

 Replace top-down model with chain-link approach  Materials, full life cycle focus  GPP supports  Resource efficiency in different sectors – CGPP and SEAI

systems boosted  Transfer of research findings into widespread practice in

companies  Open call systems, 3-5 year budgets  Behavioural change in society and households  Use of new media, Apps, remote monitoring etc.



But most of all…



A National Plan Good supports now in place, but a need to: Strengthen and Integrate…

National Resource Efficiency Plan •  A national priority •  Full Government backing

  Cabinet Committee chaired by Taoiseach & supported by a Senior Officials Group

  Run by a Minister, multi-annual plan, annual reports, targets etc.   Multi departmental working group   Adequate and substantial budget   Real cross departmental action



4. Why Resource Efficiency?   As an example, in Germany:

  42% of manufacturing cost is Materials   20% is labour  Concentration on material (rather than labour) efficiencies –

earlier targets

  Irish economic concentration, at the moment is on ‘Productivity’  This is Labour productivity

  A much greater return would be achieved by concentrating on



Resource Productivity

How much effort should be put in to Resource Efficiency in Ireland?

National Importance of Resource Efficiency

 National spend in manufacturing in Ireland on raw materials (including energy, water etc.) about €50 bn

 1% RE improvement = €500 million per annum saving

 5% RE improvement = €2.5 billion per annum saving



Contact Details

 Tadhg Coakley  Clean Technology Centre, CIT  021 4344864  [email protected]



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