Resource Use
Existing, Planning
- US personal consumption expenditure (goods) per capita in millions USD (US measure for SDG 12.2.2)
- EPA currently uses the following to evaluate products and services in the U.S. economy in its SMM Prioritization Tools, and is exploring using these indicators for evaluating resource use:
- Energy use
- Nonrenewable Energy use
- Renewable Energy use
- Land use
- Minerals and metals use
- Freshwater withdrawals
Resource Circulation / Disposal
Existing, Planning
- EPA currently uses the following to evaluate products and services in the U.S. economy in its SMM Prioritization Tools, and is exploring using these indicators for evaluating resource use:
- Commercial municipal solid waste generation
- Commercial construction and demolition debris generation
- Commercial RCRA hazardous waste generation
- EPA is also working with stakeholders to develop and implement additional national recycling definitions, measures, targets and performance indicators under the National Recycling Strategy. These definitions, measures, targets and performance indicators will help advance the understanding of how the recycling system is performing. This effort will improve data availability and granularity for a range of recyclables and support tracking and measuring progress nationally. EPA will continue to collaborate with interested stakeholders to develop standardized definitions, measurement methodologies, baselines and targets for future metrics and the National Recycling Goal. This work will include work by other entities, including consensus standards bodies, to identify and develop additional metrics.”
- Save our Seas 2.0 Act
- Forthcoming series of Strategies on Building a Circular Economy for All, including the National Recycling Strategy
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Environmental Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency
Existing, Planning
- EPA currently uses the following to evaluate products and services in the U.S. economy in its SMM Prioritization Tools, and is exploring using these indicators for evaluating the circular economy:
- Acidification potential
- Freshwater ecotoxicity potential
- Eutrophication potential
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Human health respiratory effects
- Human health toxicity
- Human Health cancer
- Human Health non-cancer
- Ozone depletion
- Smog formation potential
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Pesticides
- Save our Seas 2.0 Act
- U.S. National Recycling Strategy
- Forthcoming series of Strategies on Building a Circular Economy for All, including the National Recycling Strategy
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Social Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency
Existing, Planning
- EPA currently uses the following to evaluate products and services in the U.S. economy in its SMM Prioritization Tools, and is exploring using these indicators for evaluating the circular economy:
- Jobs supported
Economic Impact In The Context Of Circular Economy / Resource Efficiency
Existing, Planning
- EPA currently uses the following to evaluate products and services in the U.S. economy in its SMM Prioritization Tools, and is exploring using these indicators for evaluating the circular economy:
- Jobs supported
- Value added to economy
