Aalborg Kommune ønsker en analyse af potentialet for cirkulær økonomi i Nordjylland. I forbindelse med projektet Det Cirkulære Nordjylland (CN) findes det meningsfuldt at systematisere indsatsen på en række områder. Aalborg Kommune ønsker at kvalificere den nordjyske indsats ved at identificere potentialer ud fra en LCA-baseret kortlægning af de nordjyske ressourcestrømme. Disse ressourcestrømme skal være i overensstemmende med de fokusområder, der fokuseres på i CN. Derudover ønsker Aalborg Kommune hjælp til at kunne kommunikere denne indsats, så det er forståeligt for menig mand, politikere, kommunale sagsbehandlere, erhvervsfolk osv.
Formålet med analysen er:
En opgørelse af materiale- og energiflows omfatter både, hvad der produceres og bruges i regionen. Brug af materialer og energi og affaldsgenerering opdeles på henholdsvis regionens virksomheder og endeligt forbrug (husholdninger). Massestrømsanalysen anvendes til at identificere de store strømme i regionen. Det er ofte her, at de største potentialer for en mere cirkulær økonomi kan findes.
For at sikre, at der ikke blot er fokus på de største masse- og energistrømme, opgøres miljøpåvirkningerne i et livscyklusperspektiv. Dette er vigtigt, da der er stor forskel på miljøpåvirkningen per tons materiale for forskellige produkt- og restprodukt kategorier. Beregningen af livscyklusmiljøpåvirkninger foretages både i et produktions- og et forbrugsperspektiv.
Når der arbejdes med at gøre en region mere cirkulær og bæredygtig, så er det vigtigt både at have fokus på virksomhederne og på forbrugerne i kommunen. På den ene side findes oftest de største, let implementerbare forbedringer hos virksomhederne, fx i form af minimering af spild, energi og vand m.m. På den anden side findes de største potentielle forbedringer oftest hos forbrugerne, hvor der er potentiale for ændringer i sammensætningen af forbruget, fx reduktion af (rødt kød), cykel og kollektiv transport, valg af bolig m.m. Ændringer i sammensætning af forbruget kan potentielt reducere påvirkningerne meget mere end ændringer i produktionen, men den slags ændringer er oftest væsentlig sværere at implementere end miljøforbedringer hos virksomhederne.
The current global interest in circular economy (CE) opens an opportunity to make society’s consumption and production patterns more resource efficient and sustainable. However, such growing interest calls for precaution as well, as there is yet no harmonised method to assess whether a specific CE strategy contributes towards sustainable consumption and production. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is very well suited to assess the sustainability impacts of CE strategies. This position paper of the Life Cycle Initiative (hosted by UNEP) provides an LCA perspective on the development, adoption, and implementation of CE, while pointing out strengths and challenges in LCA as an assessment methodology for CE strategies.
Som et led i arbejdet med cirkulær økonomi ønsker Kolding Kommune at få skabt en opgørelse af kommunens samlede materiale-, energi- og affaldsflows samt samlede miljøpåvirkninger. De samlede miljøpåvirkninger opgøres i et livscyklusperspektiv, således at der ikke kun tages højde for de direkte udledninger af eksempelvis CO2 i kommunen, men også udledninger fra fremstilling af produkter udenfor kommunen og i andre lande.
Formålet med analysen er:
-At skabe en baseline som fungerer som reference og sammenligningsgrundlag, når fremtidige tiltag i forbindelse med cirkulær økonomi udvælges og prioriteres.
-At skabe et overordnet overblik over de væsentlige materiale- og energistrømme samt miljøpåvirkninger forårsaget af aktiviteter i Kolding Kommune
Opgørelsen af materiale- og energiflows omfatter både, hvad der produceres og bruges i kommunen. Brug af materialer og energi og affaldsgenerering opdeles på henholdsvis kommunens virksomheder og som endeligt forbrug (husholdninger). Masse- og energistrømsanalysen anvendes til at identificere de store strømme i kommunen. Det er ofte her, at de største potentialer for en mere cirkulær økonomi kan findes.
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The Danish Ministry of Defense initiated this project to produce an environmental account includes upstream emissions from the Ministry of Defense's purchases of goods and services, direct emissions from combustion of fuels in vehicles, machinery etc., as well as downstream emissions related to waste disposal for the year 2017.
The purpose of the environmental accounts is first and foremost to calculate a baseline for the Ministry of Defence's environmental performance, including providing insight into environmental hot-spots. The environmental accounts should be seen as an initial step towards identifying relevant, strategic focus areas for future environmental work.
Where possible, possible focus areas are identified, but as the primary purpose has been to identify environmental hot-spots and create a baseline. It is recommended to initiate an independent project that sets out scenarios for possible, concrete environmental measures.
This position paper provides an LCA perspective on the development, adoption, and implementation of CE, while pointing out strengths and challenges in LCA as an assessment technique for CE strategies.
As part of the local project 'Det Cirkulære Nordjylland' an inventory is made of North Jutland's total resource flows and environmental impacts. The inventory includes both a socio-economic analysis, mass flow analysis and an inventory of total environmental impacts. In addition, a number of possible, concrete measures for changes in existing mass flows are identified, as inputs to the strategy for a circular approach in North Jutland. The calculation is made from both a production and a consumption perspective.
The production perspective includes a statement of the total material and energy inputs to, as well as product and waste outputs from all companies (both private and public) in North Jutland. In addition, the total environmental impacts from company 'purchases' (materials, energy, services, etc.), direct emissions from the companies, and treatment of the companies' waste are calculated. Environmental impacts are shown as greenhouse gas emissions as well as a selection of other environmental impact categories, eg particulate pollution, biodiversity, nutrient load, etc.
The consumption perspective includes a statement of the total material and energy inputs to, as well as waste outputs from, the citizens of North Jutland. In addition, the same environmental impacts as for companies are calculated for the citizens' total consumption of goods, energy, services, public services and waste treatment services.
The final project report is here (in Danish):Cirkulær Økonomi i Nordjylland – opgørelse af massestrømme og LCA resultater.
Consumers as well as professional players in the grocery and catering industry are increasingly demanding information on the climate footprint of the foods they buy or sell. From the fall of 2020, consumers as well as professional players in the grocery and catering industry will be able to gather knowledge and inspiration in "The Large Climate Database". The project consists of a professional dialogue phase during the spring of 2020, preparation of a climate database of more than 500 foodstuffs, and publishing and dissemination of the database in Danish and English at the end of 2020. "The Large Climate Database" will be a central tool that can be used, for example, as a basis for a simplified climate labeling system, climate-adjusted recipes, apps for calculating a purchase's climate footprint, school curriculums, upgrading kitchen staff, information campaigns and much more.
Visit the database: https://denstoreklimadatabase.dk/
For more information visit Concito's press-release, public service tv channel and
podcast for the Climate Podcast - by the newspaper Information (all in Danish).
See small video presentation of the project (15 minutes, in English):
EU manufacturing companies are facing increasingly competitive and dynamic markets. To compete in the modern world, companies in the process industry need highly flexible manufacturing environments, capable of continuously adapting to changing conditions by means of advanced technologies and decision-making processes that take advantage of big data in real-time. Enterprises need to harness the knowledge held within their data streams to become more energy and resource-efficient while improving safety and lowering their environmental impact.
Cognitive manufacturing refers to a new manufacturing paradigm where machines are fully connected through wireless networks, monitored by sensors, and controlled by advanced computational intelligence to fine-tune product quality, optimise performance and sustainability, and reduce costs. Read more at http://www.hypercog.eu/ or at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/869886
A video giver a overview of the goals of the project, with the various project partners explaining the visions for the project: https://vimeo.com/859690816
