Links to Circular Economy Web Sites

• Fundamental Law for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society  -- http://www.env.go.jp/en/lar/wastelaw/SMCSlaw.pdf-- Japan's circular economy law, which was passed in June 2000 (see http://www.env.go.jp/en/lar/index.html for complete list of environmental laws)

• The Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis -- http://www.symbiosis.dk/ -- the original successful example of an eco-industrial park implementing a circular economy

• China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development -- http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/dlam/Taskforce/circular.html -- Task Force on  the Circular Economy and Cleaner Production. Chinese site is http://eng.cciced.org/cn/default.asp

• UNEP's Life Cycle Initiative -- http://www.uneptie.org/pc/sustain/lcinitiative/ -- mission is to develop and disseminate practical tools for evaluating the opportunities, risks, and trade-offs associated with products and services over their entire life cycle to achieve sustainable development

• Eco-Industrial Parks -- http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/business/ecoparks.shtml -- collection of resources including demonstration sites, design guidelines and case studies 

• Pollution Prevention Northwest -- http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/newslets/news0600.html -- a circular economy, natural materials and synthesized materials inspired by nature's methods could be the basis of everyday "stuff" in the 21st century

• Nanhai National Eco-Industrial Park -- http://www.epvalley.com/english/introduction.htm -- Chinese demonstration site in GuangDong Province

• The Industrial Ecosystem Development Project Report -- ftp://mail.tjcog.org/pub/solidwst/ieprept.pdf -- case study

• Industrial Ecology and its Relationship to Cleaner Production -- paper from Sept 2001 conference in Beijing discusses elements of IE at different scales

• Planning and Design of Eco-Industrial Parks in China -- paper from Sept 2001 conference in Beijing

• Generalized Framework and Methodology for Product Planning in Eco-Industrial Parks -- paper from Sept 2001 conference in Beijing

• National Recycling Coalition -- http://www.nrc-recycle.org/ -- provides technical education, disseminates public information on selected recycling issues, shapes public and private policy on recycling and operates programs that encourage recycling markets and economic development

• Industrial Technologies Program -- http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/ -- supports technology partnerships to improve industrial energy efficiency

• Balancing the Supply and Demand of Recycling -- http://www.nol.org/home/NEO/fall98/fall98_05.htm -- outlines specific steps to foster the development of products that utilize recycled materials

• Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth -- http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/index.htm -- book is a free download

• Save the Planet (and Prosper) -- http://www.theecologist.org/archive_article.html?article=237&category=88 -- interesting article with details about what a true recycling economy would look like - implications for industry and more

• Japan's Environment Policy -- http://www.env.go.jp/en/pol/bplan/contents.html -- see "Building a Socioeconomic System Fostering Environmentally Sound Material Cycle" 

• Circular Economy in China -- http://seminar.econ.keio.ac.jp/yamaguchi/PDFrejume/Circular_Economy_in_China.pdf -- student report, Faculty of Economics, Keio University in Japan

• Cleaner Production and Circular Economy for Cement Industrial Sector in China - Novemeber 2004

See also 

• Circular Economy in China

• Circular Economy Case Studies

• Industrial Ecology Links

• Life Cycle Assessment Links

• Eco-Efficiency Links

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