"Boosting circular economy" webinar collected international group of circular economy experts together for sharing latest views, results and examples on circular economy.
The program of the day included the promotion of the circular economy and new winds of research supporting it from Finland and the rest of the world. During the day was heard presentations from Sweden, Netherlands, Russian, Greece, Denmark and Australia.
This event was part of a two-day webinar organized by the Circwaste project and is also a side event of World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF 2021).
Presentations
Boosting Circular Economy – Circular economy advancements from Finland and around the World 30th September 2021
Session 1: Where is Finland in Circular Economy?
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Chair: Petrus Kautto, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
10:00 EEST/UTC +03:00
Opening of the event (pdf)
Jyri Seppälä
Finnish Environment Institute
10:20 Circular economy of Finland (pdf)
Sari Tasa
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
10:40 Circular economy as a global winning strategy (pdf)
Malena Sell
The Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra
11.00 Main results from the Circwaste project (pdf)
Kati Pitkänen, Hanna Salmenperä, Tiina Karppinen
Finnish Environment Institute
11.30 LCA-calculations in the Circwaste-project (pdf)
Jaakko Karvonen
Finnish Environment Institute
11.50 End of session
Session 2: On the road again – The most inspiring circular examples from abroad
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Chair: Sari Piippo, Finnish Environment Institute
12:30 Welcome words and brief introduction
Sari Piippo
Finnish Environment Institute
12:35 The LIFE-IP Circular Economy Implementation in Greece project: Key actions towards a circular transformation (pdf)
Dimitris Homatidis
Green Fund, Greece
12:55 Circular challenges in Denmark - and examples of how we aim to address them (pdf)
Ditte Vesterager Christensen
The Capital Region of Denmark’s Department for Environment and Resources
13:15 An Australian perspective on circular economy: catching up with Europe or carving our own path to circular? (pdf)
Jodie Bricout
University of Adelaide and Lifecycles, Australia
13:35 Working together for better Barents - cooperation between Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia (pdf)
Helena Dahlbo
Finnish Environment Institute
13:35 Working together for better Barents - cooperation between Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia (pdf)
Tatiana Guseva
Environmental Industrial Policy Centre (EIPC)
14.00 End of session
Session 3: Modelling and Monitoring to Boost the Transition
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Chair: Sari Piippo, Finnish Environment Institute
14:10 Modelling recycling and waste incineration in life cycle assessment (pdf)
Tomas Ekvall
Chalmers University of Technology
14:30 Impacts of circular economy transition – modeling results from TransCirc (pdf)
Hannu Savolainen
Finnish Environment Institute
14:50 Results from Cicat2025 (pdf)
Johanna Alakerttula
Tampere University
15:10 Measuring and circular economy in the Netherlands (pdf)
Aldert Hanemaaijer
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
15:30 Household Waste Measuring in Central Finland (pdf)
Tanja Oksa
City of Jyväskylä
16:00 End of day
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