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International Conference on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy

Rajat is passionate about empowering enterprises to do better with less and work towards sustainable growth. He is co-founder and technical lead at STENUM Asia in training, consultancy, audit and implementation support for enterprises. He has been actively practicing Resource Efficient Cleaner Production at various levels for over a decade having undergone extensive training on sustainable development in Europe. He is also developing strategies for enterprises to make a transition towards the circular economy. With over 20 years of experience managing manufacturing operations, also as an entrepreneur, he brings to his consulting work, a deep understanding of the issues and challenges businesses face.

From Resource Efficient Cleaner production (RECP) to Circular Economy (CE)

Rajat Batra

CEO

STENUM Asia(SUSTENT Group)


Building blocks of circularity

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Design for circularity

New business models

Reverse cycles

Enablers & favourable system conditions


Building blocks of circularity

Design for circularity

New business models

Reverse cycles

Enablers & favourable system conditions

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Sustainability and Circularity

Dematerialisation of the economy

Change from an industrial economy built on throughput to a circular economy built onstock optimizationdecoupling wealth and welfare from resource

consumptioncreating more (local) jobs

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Objectives of …Linear industrial economy Circular industrial economy

Create added value Retain highest value


Linear industrial economy Circular industrial economy


Optimise flows Optimise stock management

Objectives of …


Linear industrial economy Circular industrial economy


Optimise flows Optimise stock management

Efficient production of goods Efficient use of goods

• The linear industrial economy stops at the point of sale• with the transfer of ownership from producer to user-owner

• The circular industrial economy starts at the point of sale• with the user-owner utilising assets in concentric loops (3R)

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Junction 1: product – life extension versus new goods

RESOURCES BASE MATERIALS UTILIZATION WASTE

Reuse and remarketingJunction 2: Virgin

materials versus recycled materialscost advantage virgin materials

Loop 2: recycling of materials

Loop 1: reuse of goods, repair of goods, Reconditioning of goods, and technological/fashion upgrading of goods

MANUFACTURING

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Circularity (at present)


Not taxing renewable resources including human labour

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Taxing non-renewable resources instead

Sustainable taxation


Junction 1: product – life extension versus new goods

MANUFACTURING

RESOURCES BASE MATERIALS UTILIZATION WASTE

Reuse and remarketingJunction 2: Virgin

materials versus recycled materialscost advantage recycled materials

Loop 2: recycling of materials

Loop 1: reuse of goods, repair of goods, Reconditioning of goods, and technological/fashion upgrading of goods

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Circularity (as per proposed policy)Increased cost of virgin material is offset by lower cost of recycled materials and lower cost of labourcost advantage recycled materials


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Circular Economy

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Prevention of GHG emissions

Sustainable framework conditions

Resource price paradigm shift

Under- and un-employment

Global climate change

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