MedWaves e-library

Best Practice France EPR
Best Practice Factsheet on Extended Producer Responsibility

How France successfully implemented EPR schemes. 

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Best Practice South Africa
Best Practice Factsheet on Industrial Symbiosis Program

How South Africa successfully implemented the Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Program.

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BP Brazil Cover
Best Practice Factsheet on Waste Pickers

How Brazil successfully incorporated informal waste pickers in the National Policy of Solid Waste.

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BP Canada plastic
Best Practice Factsheet on Plastic Innovation

How Canada implemented an innovative program to tackle plastic pollution.

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BP Costa Rica Tourism Cover
Best Practice Factsheet on Certification for Sustainable Tourism

How Costa Rica successfully implemented the Certification for Sustainable Tourism.

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BP Reuse Centres
Best Practice Factsheet on Municipal Reuse Centres

How Sweden and The Netherlands successfully developed "reuse centres" based on circular economy principles.

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BP Circular Procurement
Best Practice Factsheet on Green Deal Circular Procurement

How The Netherlands successfully implemented the public-private partnership "Green Deal" to boost Circular Procurement.

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BP Portugal
Best Practice Factsheet on Public Funding for Circular Economy Projects

How Portugal successfully implemented a public funding program for environmental projects.

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BP Scotland construction
Best Practice Factsheet on Circular Construction

How Scotland successfully implemented a circular construction program.

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BP Brussels circular
Best practice factsheet on the Brussels Regional Program for Circular Economy

How the Brussels region successfully implemented a program to accelerate the city's circular transition.

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External resources for policymakers

CE goals EMF cover

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation published this paper in 2021 to help governments enable the circular economy transition to scale.

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UNEP Circularity Approach

UNEP key resources on building circularity address a range of stakeholders’ groups: businesses & industry, consumers, finance actors, and cities & local governments. Other publications cover specific sectors, including plastics, textiles and chemicals.

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SDG 12 HUB

This Hub managed by the One Planet network is a one-stop-shop for governments, businesses, civil society and the public for tracking progress on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 12: ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patternsIt contains many reports, e-learning courses and other tools related to SCP topics (Waste management, Sustainable Business, Green Public Procurement, etc.).

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ACEN

This platform aims at African countries. It contains News, Circular Case Studies, Publications, Knowledge share videos and a Circular Economy Expert Database.

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Green Economy Tracker

The Green Economy Tracker charts 21 ‘best in class’ policies, across 5 themes, that are already driving systemic change in our national economies.

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C40 Hub

C40 is a global network of nearly 100 cities taking urgent action to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive.

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has a library with more than 680 results (text, video and audio) on Circular Economy topics such as:plastics, biodiversity, food, finance, cities…It has a section for Policy resources, with Policy examples, tools and methods. 

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