Resource productivity and waste

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Chile has progressed in several areas to advance towards a circular economy. In the last years, Chile approved laws on extended producer responsibility, banning plastic bags and regulating single-use plastics. Chile recently published the National Strategy for Organic Waste and the Roadmap for a Circular Chile by 2040. These and other initiatives have set the stage for rapid progress towards a circular economy. These efforts benefit from exchanges on international experiences and joint learning with international organisations, such as the OECD. In this context, this workshop investigated:

• How will socioeconomic trends affect materials use and the challenge to transition to a resource-efficient, circular economy?
• How can the circular economy transition be designed to have double dividends for the economy and the environment?
• How can the extractive industry adapt to a global circular economy transition?
  
  

Agenda and presentations  

• Agenda
• Opening presentation "An outlook on global and regional materials use for the coming decades", OECD Environment Directorate
• Presentation on "A Circular Economy roadmap for Chile", Chile's Ministry of Environment
• Presentation on "OECD work on policies for the CE transition", OECD Environment Directorate
• Presentation on "Impacts in Chile of a Transition to Green Copper", CENTRA
• Presentation on "The sectoral and macroeconomic consequences of the circular economy transition", OECD Environment Directorate
• Presentation on "Circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: an opportunity for a transformative recovery", ECLAC
• Presentation on "OECD Global Plastics Outlook", OECD Environment Directorate

OECD RE-CIRCLE's work

• Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060: Economic Drivers and Environmental Consequences 

• Global Plastics Outlook I & II

• Policy Scenarios for a transition to a more resource efficient and circular economy

• The jobs potential of a transition towards a resource-efficient and circular economy

• Business models for the circular economy

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Updated Guidance for Efficient Waste Management & Modulated fees for EPR schemes & EPR and impact of online sales

• Preventing single-use plastic waste

• Labelling and Information Schemes for the circular economy

• International trade and circular economy - Policy alignment

• The Consequences of a More Resource-Efficient and Circular Economy for International Trade Patterns

• Management of Pharmaceutical Household Waste: Limiting Environmental Impacts of Unused or Expired Medicine