Useful publications
Please see below some useful reference documents on reuse, recycling, the social economy and circular economy.
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European Strategy & Circular Economy Package
- The Circular Economy and Green Jobs in the EU and Beyond
- Sustainable Products Initiative: What to expect
- Social Economy Action Plan: Fact Sheet
- Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0
- Revised EU Waste Framework Directive 2018/851
- A New Strategic Agenda
Closing the Loop – An EU action plan for the Circular Economy
- Review of Prevention and Reuse Best Practice
Irish Climate Policy
Irish Circular Economy & Resources
- The Circular and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
- Improving Mattress Recycling: Briefing Paper
- The Circularity Gap Report Northern Ireland
- Qualifying and quantifying the reuse sector in Ireland
- OECD Report: The Circular Economy in Ireland
- Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy 2022 – 2023 Living More, Using Less
- National Review of Civic Amenity Sites
- Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy
- Towards a Resource Efficient Ireland: A National Strategy to 2020
- National Waste Prevention Programme
- Ireland’s Environment – An Integrated Assessment 2020
- Moving Towards the Circular Economy in Ireland
Green & Social Procurement
- Green Public Procurement: Monitoring and Reporting by Government Departments
- European Council Conclusions on public procurement of 25 November 2020
- Circular 20/2019: Promoting the use of Environmental and Social Considerations in Public Procurement
- Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement
- Green Procurement: Guide for the Public Sector
- Public Procurement for a Circular Economy: Good practice and guidance
- EU Green Public Procurement criteria for Furniture
Social Enterprise, Job Creation, Training, Volunteering
National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022 Annual Report 2020
Shifting Sands – Navigating the patterns emerging in the Irish Labour Market post COVID-19
National Social Enterprise Policy 2019-2022’ Annual Report 2020
- Job creation in the re-use sector: Data insights from social enterprises
- Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025
- National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022
- National Volunteering Strategy (2021 – 2025)
- Social Enterprises and their Ecosystems in Europe
- The Impact of Volunteering on the Health and Well-Being of the Volunteer
- Jobs and Skills in the Circular Economy
Other Reports & Strategies on the Circular Economy
- Tackling root causes – Halting biodiversity loss through the circular economy
- The Circularity Gap Report 2021
- The Circular Economy in Cities and Regions
- The Circular Economy – A Powerful Force for Climate Mitigation
- Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want
- Ecopreneur Circular Economy Update – Overview of Circular Economy in Europe
- Making things Last: A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland
- Our Waste, Our Resources: Strategy for England
- Preparation for re-use: a roadmap for a paradigm shift in Wales
- Municipality-led circular economy case studies
Fashion and the Circular Economy
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