1 Handbook Wasteman Project Guidelines for tests in Living Labs December 2019 Supplementary to Design Manual for Circular Change: A people-perspective on circular flows through Living Labs Prepared by Stig Hirsbak, Aalborg University David Christensen, BOFA Marcin Paszkiewicz, EKO DOLINA Andrzej Pollak, Municipality of Nowa Karczma Adam Cenian, IMP-PAN Bartosz Pietrzykowski, IMP-PAN Andrius Lacius, Municipality of Tauragé THIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WITHIN THE INTERREG SOUTH BALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020, UNDER PROJECT NO. WASTEMAN STHB.02.02.00- 0131/17. THE CONTENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS AND CAN IN NO WAY BE TAKEN TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE MANAGING AUTHORITY OR THE JOINT SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERREG SOUTH ALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020. 2 Introduction This Handbook is a supplement to the Design Manual for Circular Change (Design Manual) prepared by and on behalf of parties involved in the Wasteman project. While the Design Manual addresses a broad stakeholder audience, this Handbook is intended for use among project partners. It contains background information crucial to implementing Living Labs for developing ISWM solutions, specific project partner considerations and desk research, and includes the following topics: Governance aspects, as it is presumed that the EU Council of Environmental Ministers approves the waste framework - and packaging directives in December 2017 which are a crucial element of the EU circular economy strategy, including targets for increase of recycling of municipal solid waste and landfilling. Public change management considerations, as it is presumed that in order to develop ISWM solutions in line with transitioning to a circular economy, authorities and waste management companies will need to be able to organize their modes of operation in an innovative manner. Specific Living Lab background information and considerations for project partners in Poland, i.e. EKO DOLINA and the Municipality of Nowa Karczma. Background information (desk study) on innovative waste treatment options for municipalities and waste companies for consideration in developing ISWM solutions. This Handbook, together with the Design Manual and the Plan for Living Labs Test for WP4, are complementary to each other and set the stage for implementing Living Labs in WP4 of the Wasteman project. THIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WITHIN THE INTERREG SOUTH BALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020, UNDER PROJECT NO. WASTEMAN STHB.02.02.00- 0131/17. THE CONTENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS AND CAN IN NO WAY BE TAKEN TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE MANAGING AUTHORITY OR THE JOINT SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERREG SOUTH ALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020. 3 Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 EU policy and legislation for circular economy (CE) ....................................................................................... 4 The EU initiatives supporting CE .................................................................................................................. 4 Linking CE initiatives to existing EU legislation ........................................................................................... 6 The challenge on waste management ........................................................................................................ 7 Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction to Public Change Management ................................................................................................ 10 Underpinnings ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Tactics ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Living Lab Approach at EKO DOLINA ............................................................................................................. 13 Background ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Description of the EKO DOLINA Plant ........................................................................................................ 14 Living Lab Approach at Nowa Karczma ......................................................................................................... 16 Main streams of municipal waste ............................................................................................................. 19 Waste Collection in the Municipality of Nowa Karczma ........................................................................... 23 Overview and Further Steps ....................................................................................................................... 31 Prospects for Innovation for a Circular Economy ..................................................................................... 31 Innovative Waste Treatment Technologies ................................................................................................... 34 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................. 40 The American Approach to Food Waste ........................................................................................................ 41 Tips for households to reduce food waste ................................................................................................ 42 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Appendix A: Data Sources and Terminology (Approach to Living Lab at Nowa Karczma) ......................... 44 THIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WITHIN THE INTERREG SOUTH BALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020, UNDER PROJECT NO. WASTEMAN STHB.02.02.00- 0131/17. THE CONTENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS AND CAN IN NO WAY BE TAKEN TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE MANAGING AUTHORITY OR THE JOINT SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERREG SOUTH ALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020. 4 EU policy and legislation for circular economy (CE) By Stig Hirsbak, Aalborg University Ideally, policies establish visions and overall strategies for societal developments across or within nations and bridging different stakeholder perspectives. Policies and legislation can thus stimulate new agendas like the transition to sustainability and circular economy. This chapter gives an overview of the development of the CE agenda on EU level and related policies and regulation from a generic (non- sector specific) perspective. The EU initiatives supporting CE Over the last decade, the European Commission has developed several initiatives aiming at improving resource efficiency and, more recently, supporting the transition to a circular economy. Figure 1.The shows the initiatives. Figur 1 - EU initiatives for improving resource efficiency. The Flagship on resource efficiency sets out a policy framework that can support the change in Europe towards a resource efficient and low carbon economy, whereas the Roadmap to resource efficiency specify objectives and targets. Another important initiative is the publication of critical raw materials lists in 2011, 2014 and 2017. Critical raw materials are “raw materials with a high supply-risk and a high economic importance to which reliable and unhindered access is a concern for European industry and value chains” (European Commission, 2017). In 2015, the European Commission published, “Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy”. The action plan defines circular economy as an economy where “… the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible, and the generation of waste minimized”. The transition to a more circular economy would make “an essential contribution to the EU's efforts to develop a sustainable, low-carbon, resource-efficient and competitive economy” (European Commission, 2015). In connection with the 2018 circular economy waste legislation package, the meaning of circular was further elaborated on in relation to product and material flows: THIS HANDBOOK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WITHIN THE INTERREG SOUTH BALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020, UNDER PROJECT NO. WASTEMAN STHB.02.02.00- 0131/17. THE CONTENTS ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS AND CAN IN NO WAY BE TAKEN TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE MANAGING AUTHORITY OR THE JOINT SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERREG SOUTH ALTIC PROGRAMME 2014-2020. 5 “In a circular economy, products and the materials they contain are valued highly, unlike in the traditional, linear economic model, based on a 'take-make-consume-throw away' pattern. In practice, a circular economy implies reducing waste to a minimum as well as re-using, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products. Moving towards a more circular economy could deliver benefits, among which reduced pressures on the environment, enhanced