Foundations for the National Circular Economy Strategy

In April 2023, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection published an information paper with basic principles for the National Circular Economy Strategy (NKWS). The strategy is currently being developed by the German government with the support of a multi-stakeholder process involving relevant interest groups from industry, science and civil society as well as the German states and municipalities. Among other things, the NKWS is intended to bundle existing raw materials policy strategies and define goals, fundamental principles and strategic measures for circular economy and resource conservation.

The stakeholder process kicked off on April 20 with a top-level meeting called the »1st Dialogue Forum National Circular Economy Strategy« and was chaired by Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke. Prof. Dr. Manfred Renner, head of Fraunhofer CCPE, was among the experts asked to give their views.

Further informationen in German: https://www.bmuv.de/download/die-nationale-kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie-nkws and https://www.bmuv.de/pressemitteilung/lemke-zirkulaeres-wirtschaften-muss-treiber-fuer-umwelt-und-klimaschutz-werden

^{Source: BMVU 2023: Die Nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie (NKWS) – Grundlagen für einen Prozess zur Transformation hin zu einer zirkulären Wirtschaft, Online verfügbar unter: https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Abfallwirtschaft/nkws_grundlagen_bf.pdf}