| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Registration, coffee & croissants | ||
| 9:00 | Welcome and introduction | Mischa Zschokke | Carbotech AG |
| Circular Economy: Policy and Politics | [Moderator: Mischa Zschokke] | ||
| 9:05 | Valuation of Circular Economy in Swiss environmental policy DF63-01_Gautschi.pdf | Anders Gautschi | BAFU |
| 9:30 | Accelerating towards a Circular Economy DF63-02_Walker.pdf | Dale Walker | Ellen MacArthur Foundation |
| 10:00 | Circular Economy in the context of other sustainability concepts: how can it work in the food industry? DF63-03_Schenker.pdf | Urs Schenker | Nestlé |
| 10:25 | Coffee break | ||
| Research – How can LCA support the Circular Economy? | [Moderator: Melanie Haupt] | ETH Zürich | |
| 10:45 | Life-cycle costing of food waste prevention and importance of indirect effects DF63-04_Astrup.pdf | Prof. Thomas Astrup | DTU |
| 11:15 | Recycling and LCA: choices and results DF63-05_Stettler.pdf | Cornelia Stettler | Carbotech AG |
| 11:40 | Recycling contaminants: chemicals in the paper product cycle DF63-06_Laner.pdf | David Laner | TU Vienna |
| 12:10 | Managing waste for an efficient and clean Circular Economy: indicators and tools DF63-07_Haupt.pdf | Melanie Haupt | ETH Zürich |
| 12:40 | Lunch | ||
| Panel discussion | [Moderator: Melanie Haupt] | ||
| 13:40 | Questions to discuss: – How can LCA be incorporated in the circular economy framework? – How much circularity does economy need? – How can circularity be measured? | Thomas Astrup Raphael Fasko Stefanie Hellweg David Laner Dale Walker | DTU Rytec AG ETH Zürich TU Vienna E_MacA_F |
| 14:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Applying circular economy in practice – short presentations | [Moderator: Mischa Zschokke] | ||
| 14:35 | Urban Mining for a Circular Economy DF63-08_Valdivia.pdf | Sonia Valdivia | World Resources Forum |
| 14:50 | Challenges in LCA modelling of multiple loops for aluminium cans DF63-09_Niero.pdf | Monia Niero | DTU |
| 15:05 | Recommendations about how to model substituted materials based on the LCA case study of the construction and demolition waste management in Lombardy DF63-10_Rigamonti.pdf | Lucia Rigamonti | Politecnico di Milano |
| 15:25 | Industrial Symbiosis and LCA DF63-11_Itten.pdf | René Itten | ZHAW |
| 15:45 | Strengthening the transition to Circular Economy by LCM: an industrial case DF63-12_Guiton.pdf | Mélanie Guiton | LIST |
| 16:05 | Business models for Circular Economy DF63-13_Fasko.pdf | Raphael Fasko | Rytec AG |
| Wrap-up, announcements & farewell | |||
| 16:20 | Wrap-up | Melanie Haupt | |
| 16:25 | Announcements | Stefanie Hellweg | |
| 16:30 | Farewell |
DF 63 – How can LCA support the circular economy?
The concept of Circular Economy is gaining popularity in Europe and elsewhere. Both the recycling of waste and a (recycling friendly) eco-design are components of a Circular Economy. How can LCA support the creation of a Circular Economy? How can LCA be used to ensure a positive balance of efforts and benefits? How shall substituted materials and products be accounted for, who can claim the benefit, and how is resource quality taken into consideration? How can wastes and resources be managed to minimize their environmental impacts? How can products be designed in an eco-friendly manner to close material cycles?
The 3rd discussion forum this year will give the floor to representatives from industry, authorities, academics, and organisations to present new applications and approaches of LCA in combination with various other environmental assessment tools (e.g. MFA, LCA and/or mathematical optimization) to manage wastes and resources sustainably and to support decision-making towards a circular economy. A focus will be laid on factors relevant for the benefits of the circular economy, such as waste and resource quality aspects and their influence on the recycling system, as well as product quality. Finally, examples of LCA applications for eco-design, waste management and ystemic analyses across sectors will be shown.
We look forward to meeting you in Zürich
Melanie Haupt, ESD/ETH Zürich
Mischa Zschokke, Carbotech AG
Organizing Committee
Download: DF63-Programme_Circular_Economy.pdf
Livestream / Videorecordings: Access to the livestreamlng was available at the day of the event (payment required).
Videos are available for free after DF 63 via this link: https://www.video.ethz.ch/events/lca/2016/autumn/63th.html
Conference Report: The Conference Report is published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
It is available via this link: Int J LCA - Haupt, Zschokke; Conference Report DF 63