This document from the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform outlines a system for categorizing activities that contribute to a circular economy. The aim is to provide a foundation for efforts like defining the impacts of circular models or measuring risk reduction. The system focuses on two main areas: extending product lifespans through reuse, repair, refurbishment, etc., and optimizing product use through leasing and sharing models.
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond to economic trends, urban policies and practices, value chain dynamics, and other economic and social forces.
This booklet aims to answer the question ‘Do national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal workers?’ The booklet uses Quezon City as the case study LGU, and it looks at home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers as examples of common categories of informal workers.
This Short Note talks about how the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA Ghana), and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO Global) trained about 100 leaders of waste pickers and collectors groups in Accra and Tema on best waste management practices and procedures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 infection.
This OECD Short Note explores the connection between consumption patterns, behavior, and gender in achieving a circular economy. It highlights that different consumption habits between men and women can influence the effectiveness of sustainability efforts. The report emphasizes the need for a gender-sensitive approach to encourage behaviors that promote a more circular economy and achieve environmental goals.
This working paper looks at waste management systems in African cities. Its main aim is to document in depth the experiences of two cities: Freetown in Sierra Leone and Kanifing in The Gambia. It has been produced under the Africa-Europe Mayors’ Dialogue platform, a city-led initiative bringing together over 20 cities across Africa and Europe to work on shared challenges related to sustainable urban development.
This information aims to provide a diagnosis of the current global situation of waste pickers - informal waste workers that provide a waste management service and contribute to public health and sustainability but lack social and health protection. The following information was sourced from our members on the ground, and we hope will help inform and prioritize lines of action aimed at solving the urgent needs of the waste management system’s most vulnerable actors.
This Note by PwC dives into the circular economy, a promising alternative that eliminates waste. In a circular economy,products are designed for multiple lifespans, minimizing resource depletion and environmental impact. This approach stands in stark contrast to the linear economy, where products are used once and discarded. The circular economy's growing popularity is driven by factors like resource scarcity, sustainability concerns, and a rising consumer demand for eco-friendly products.
In this study PWC investigated 7 key sectors where the sharing economy is already substantial or has high growth potential. The report analysed the main forms it takes, some interesting examples, the trends and their impacts, with a special focus on the participants that operate in Hungary.
Considerations of justice and social equity are as important for the circular economy transition as they are in the contexts of low-carbon transitions and digitalization of the economy. This paper sets out the just transition approach, and its relevance in climate change and energy transition debates.
