Spain

Circular Economy Spanish Strategy, España Circular 2030 and Action Plan on CE (2021/2023)

CE Strategy_Complete document (Spanish):
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/espanacircular2030_def1_tcm30-509532.PDF

CE Strategy_Summary document (English):
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/espanacircular_2030_executivesummary_en_tcm30-510578.pdf

Action Plan on CE (2021/2023), Spanish:
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/plan_accion_economia_circular_tcm30-529618.pdf

Indicators

The monitoring and evaluation mechanism is established at two levels, one for the CE Spanish Strategy and one for the CE Action Plan (2021/2023).

In the Strategy, the European framework is used plus an additional indicator on the contribution of the waste sector to greenhouse gases, which allows us to assess the advances in the field of circular economy in our country and compare the progress made by the whole society with respect to the rest of the countries of the European Union.

The CE Action Plan (2021/2023) establishes indicators for each 5 axes and 3 lines of action, which will allow us to assess the impact of the policies put in place. The indicators have been selected among those available in the database of the National Institute of Statistics and in other ministerial statistics or official registers, considering the ease of use and the solidity, as well as the representativeness with respect to the corresponding axis or line of action. However, the definition of these indicators may be adapted as the availability of relevant information expands and they respond to the Bellagio principles and the new EU indicator scheme.

Indicators included in the table correspond to CE Action Plan (2021/2023). Strategy indicators are not included since are equivalent to EU indicators plus contribution of the waste sector to greenhouse gases.

Resource Input

Existing

  • Resource productivity indicator.
  • Nº of ISO 14001 certifications.
  • Nº of EMAS certifications (only in priority sectors: construction, farming, fishing, and forestry; industry; Consumer goods; Tourism; Textile and Garment).
  • Domestic material consumption (energy carriers).
  • Domestic material consumption (non-energy carriers).
  • Biological cycle domestic material consumption (non-energy carriers)/ Technical cycle domestic material consumption (non-energy carriers).
  • Percentage of recycled material in certain plastic bags (average percentage of recycled material in HDPE and PEBD bags with a thickness greater than or equal to 50 microns).
  • Economic policy
  • Tax policy
  • Employment and training policy
  • Research and innovation policy
  • Consumption policy
  • Industrial policy
  • Agriculture, food industries and rural development policy
  • Water Policy
Resource Use

Existing

  • Average household expenditure on certain product repair and maintenance (0314/0322/0431/0432/0721/0723/0915/0923 codes).
  • Tyre’s rate (Number of retreaded and used tyres placed on the market with respect to new tyres for the categories of motorcycle, scooter and motorbike/ tourism, van, 4x4, off-road and SUV/ agricultural/ public and industrial work/ Quad, Kart, gardening and others/ truck and bus).
  • Residual water treated for reuse.
  • Destination of reused water.
Resource Circulation / Disposal

Existing

  • Valorization rate.
  • Circularity rate
  • Percentage of sewage used
Environmental Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency

Existing

  • Nº Spanish products and services with Ecolabel.
  • Nº companies in the Pact on CE
  • Nº CE best practices published in the catalogues.
  • Nº Life Program projects related to CE.
  • Final expenditure of Life Program projects related to CE
Social Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency

Existing

  • Nº workers trained in CE in the companies.
  • Nº workers in CE
  • Nº professional qualifications in CE in Spain
Economic Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency

Existing

  • Trade balance of recycled raw materials.
  • Total expenditure of companies on waste management (industrial sector).
  • Total expenditure on residual water treatment (companies).
  • GDP/ waste generation
  • Gross value added of circular economy sectors.
  • Nº enterprises in CE activities.
Targets
Resource Input
Existing
  • Reducing by 30% domestic material consumption in relation to national GDP, taking 2010 as a reference.
  • Economic policy
  • Tax policy
  • Employment and training policy
  • Research and innovation policy
  • Consumption policy
  • Industrial policy
  • Agriculture, food industries and rural development policy
  • Water Policy
Resource Use
Existing
  • Improving water use efficiency by 10%.
  • Promoting reuse and reuse enabling activities until reaching 10% of municipal waste.
Resource Circulation
Existing
  • Reducing waste by 15% with regard to 2010 waste levels.
  • Reducing food waste throughout the entire food chain: 50% reduction per person in retail and households and 20% in production chains and supplies from 2020, thus advancing towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
Other
Existing
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to under 10 million tonnes of CO2eq.
Good-Practices

Prior to the call process, the criteria that protect and define good practice have been defined, for this purpose the most relevant documentation has been taken as a reference framework and the definition contained in Regulation (EU) 2020/852. In this sense, the frame of reference is limited to the Resolve framework, developed by McKinsey and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation; the EU Good Practice Collection Platform; the British Institution for Standardization's BS 8001 standard; the new EU action plan; the Spanish Circular Economy Strategy and the Circular Economy Categorization System. This last document emphasizes the criteria that determine the eligibility of projects. And for this reason, it stands out among others when it comes to delving into the criteria to be taken into account in a circular economy project.

Additional information (Spanish): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/buenas-practicas-economia-circular/
Criteria (Spanish): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/consideracionesycriteriosdevaloracion_tcm30-520550.pdf
I Catalogue of best practices (English): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/fichas-bpec_en_web_tcm30-525011.pdf

II Catalogue of best practices (Spanish): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/iicbpec_tcm30-534185.pdf

II Catalogue of best practices (English): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/fichas-bpec-ii_en-web_def2_tcm30-538142.pdf

Finally, it is planned to create a database with all the proposals received.

Pact on CE

The Circular Economy Pact aims to foster collaboration and coordination between economic and social actors and public administrations in order to jointly address today's environmental, economic and technological challenges. So far, a total of 392 entities have acceded to the Pact.

The signatories of the Pact undertake to promote the transition towards a circular economy by including a 10 objective decalogue in their policies. https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/pacto/

Entities included in the Pact: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/20210924entidadesconfirmadasweb_tcm30-428891.pdf First summary reports on Pact indicators (Spanish): https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/iinformedeindicadores2017-2019_tcm30-510491.pdf

Council on CE (Public-Private participation, underdeveloped) Participants of CE Council belong to social agents, economic agents in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, waste managers and EPR systems, as well as consumers and research organisations and centres that promote R&D&I.

Likewise, the Executive Committee of the Interministerial Commission may agree to the participation in the Council of independent experts, including from the academic world, with experience and recognition in the field of the circular economy, to formulate ideas, suggestions and proposals to guide the measures to be applied to face the environmental, economic and technological challenges faced by the implementation of the circular model, as well as to take advantage of the opportunities that derive from this paradigm shift.

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