On Monday 2nd March the Circular Economy Task Force co-hosted a conference with the Dutch Embassy in London on how to promote the trade in circular economy goods and services between the UK and the Netherlands. The Dutch ambassador Laetitia van den Assum welcomed an expert group of business, policy and academia representatives to a discussion organised around three issues: how policy can support a circular economy, how to deliver a ‘North Sea Resource Roundabout’, and what are the circular economy opportunities for plastics?

1. What flows to focus on?
Examples of resource mapping in Rotterdam Harbour area

2. “A non-profit action driven cooperative with a
mission to speed up the transition towards the
inevitable circular economy.”
Circle Economy and the Circle of Action

3. The Netherlands as a Circular Hotspot
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-
Parma
Realisation of Acceleration of a Circular
Economy
RACE to the Netherlands as a Circular Hotspot

4. Analyzing the Circular Economy

5. Analyzing the Circular Economy

6. Amsterdam Waste Energy Company - Current state

7. Amsterdam Waste Energy Company – Future state

8. Rotterdam, a region where “the Netherlands as a
circular hotspot” takes shape

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London, March 2nd 2015
Nico van Dooren, Director Energy & Industry
Rethinking port competitiveness
in a resource constrained world

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PORT OF ROTTERDAM

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WHY HERE? - OPPORTUNITY
Crude oil and Containers
30 percent of all European
imports/exports
Bulk cargo
25 percent of all European
imports/exports
Direct value added
€ 24 billion per year
Jobs
Over 205,000 jobs
Chemicals
15 percent of European
production
European sea trade
30 percent of all
European
imports/exports
Annual investment
€ 4.5 billion per year

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Maximise the value created at each stage
Manage flows of bio-based resources and recover and
retain flows of non-renewable recources in closed loops
Establish mutually beneficial relationships between
companies within each circular chain
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Minimise the use of inputs and eliminate waste
and pollution
THE ESSENCE OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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NOW: TRANSITION IN INDUSTRY
USE
RECYCLE
REDUCE
REPLACE

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We...
• share know-how
• bring companies together
• pilot the circular system

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We...
Founded circularity center

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CASES
#1 Energy - Infrastructure
#2 Energy - CO2
#3 Chemicals - Plastics
#4 Food - Proteins
#5 Metal - Copper
#6 Biomass
#7 Waste incineration - AVR

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CHEMICALS - PLASTICS

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AVR

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