The primary responsibility of the circular economy solutions unit is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable circular economy and bioeconomy.
The following groups are under the Circular economy solutions unit:
Development manager of the societal change unit
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The duties of the groups under the Circular economy solutions unit
Industry and value chains group
- studies the management of environmental impacts and risks in production and value chains,
- manages BAT coordination and support tasks in industry-related environmental regulation,
- develops and applies Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) assessments,
- manages and develops regulation and cooperation on persistent organic compounds (POP compounds),
- develops ecological planning in industry.
Waste group
- studies and monitors the circular economy, with a focus on prevention of waste accumulation, reuse, a sustainable relationship with possessions, recycling, and a sustainable circular economy with plastics,
- studies and monitors municipal waste, industrial waste (especially mining waste), POP waste and hazardous waste,
- contributes to the support of waste policies, impact assessments and research,
- manages waste reporting and the waste information service, development of the information system in the waste sector, and user support for the shipment document register,
- provides EU expert support in soil protection.
Contaminants group
- studies and develops sustainable restoration of contaminated areas and risk management (soil, groundwater, sediments),
- studies and develops risk management of recycled materials,
- evaluates the occurrence and environmental impacts of contaminants.
Use of natural resources group
- studies and develops environmentally extended economic models (ENVIMAT model family),
- develops environmental and materials accounting and analyses,
- reviews scenarios and systemic effects of the circular economy and green transition,
- evaluates sustainability of the use of natural resources.
Policy and consumption group
- studies the policy and steering methods of the circular economy,
- reviews products, business models and markets in line with the circular economy.
- studies and assesses sustainable consumption.