• Engagement and capacity building

Description of activity type and dialogue methods, which stakeholder groups and when in the process Number of people involved

1. Identify stakeholder activity
2. Describe process and when stakeholders are involved
3. Identify dialogue methods used
4. Number of people involved

• Engagement and capacity building

Describe type of communication measures, e.g. campaigns, provision of information, events for the public/companies.

1. Number of communication measures towards general public on CE transformation
2. Number of people reached

• Regulation and incentives

Description of requirements in procurements going beyond what is current standard practice

(To be selected together with indicator number 15)

1. Decide which procurements are relevant for analysis (e.g. demo action focussed procurements only or a wider range of procurements)
2. Describe current standard practice in terms of CE requirements
3. For each procurement case, describe additional requirements beyond standard practice
4. In case of several relevant procurements, summarize relevant progress beyond existing levels

• Regulation and incentives

Number of procurements with circularity requirements

Value of procurement with circularity requirements

(To be selected together with indicator number 12)

For each action:

• Type of procurement action
• Value of procurement

For the whole period considered:

• Time period
• Number of procurement contracts
• Sum up the total value of these contracts

• Vision and urban management

Describe to which degree the city is making progress towards its circularity objectives. Identify categories of relevant strategy documents, select documents and relevant selected CE targets.

For each of the identified targets: Describe ambition and judge on scale:

1. no progress,
2. little progress,
3. some progress,
4. ambition nearly reached,
5. ambition reached or beyond

• Vision and urban management

Define and select planning instruments/ tools relevant to improve circularity

(To be selected together with indicator number 22)

Qualitative description of each instrument/tool

• Vision and urban management

Define and select planning instruments/ tools relevant to improve circularity

(To be selected together with indicator number 22)

Qualitative description of each instrument/tool

• Vision and urban management

Quantify impact of all planning instruments/tools tools described in indicator number 21.

(To be selected together with indicator number 21)

For each instrument/tool:

• Number of projects where tool was used Total mass of materials that the tool has impacted on per year
• Recirculated mass of materials that the tool has impacted on per year

• Vision and urban management

Quantify impact of all planning instruments/tools tools described in indicator number 21.

(To be selected together with indicator number 21)

For each instrument/tool:

• Number of projects where tool was used Total mass of materials that the tool has impacted on per year
• Recirculated mass of materials that the tool has impacted on per year

• Private investments, jobs and gross value added
• Circular design and business models

Describe the business model, including how it contributes to moving up the waste hierarchy

(To be selected together with indicator number 24)

Number of new CE business models

For each model:

1. a qualitative description of model
2. its circular strategy

• Private investments, jobs and gross value added
• Circular design and business models

For each case of implementation of CE business models in indicator number 23, describe impact in terms of value creation and material flow

(To be selected together with indicator number 23)

For each case of implementation of CE business models:

1. Turnover
2. Materials impacted

• Circular value chains and infrastructure
• Re-use and recycling

The relative share of materials retained and reused on demonstration sites, measured for selected/key on-site waste material fractions and the total mass of waste materials.

For selected waste fractions and total mass of waste materials:

Retained and reused mass of materials / total mass of (waste) materials at demonstration site

• Circular value chains and infrastructure
• Re-use and recycling

The relative share of waste materials produced and sorted on demonstration sites

The mass of on-site waste materials sorted / the mass of total on-site waste materials

• Circular value chains and infrastructure
• Re-use and recycling

Description of the digital material databank/marketplace in term of objective, type, scope, stage of development, target/user groups and other aspects deemed relevant

(To be selected together with indicator number 31)

See definition

• Circular value chains and infrastructure
• Re-use and recycling

The impact of the digital marketplace is assessed by estimating the mass and value of material registered and traded per time period.

(To be selected together with indicator number 30)

• Mass of materials registered per time period
• Mass of materials traded per time period
• Value of materials traded per time period
• Time period can be month or year

Total mass should be registered, and optionally key material fractions

• Private investments, jobs and gross value added

For selected cost type(s) (e.g. transport, virgin material costs, waste treatment costs), direct impacts on costs should be estimated.

Quantification of cost savings for the selected cost type using a practical method. The estimate should be accompanied by a qualitative description of the method, which cost items are included and which are excluded, with a justification of the choice.

• Private investments, jobs and gross value added
• Well-being

Assess the impact of demonstration actions or at sector/city level by estimating the increase in CE related jobs

For a selected time period (e.g. year, project period etc. estimate:

• Number of new CE related jobs Number of existing jobs becoming circular

If deemed practical for the evaluation, jobs that have a range of responsibilities, of which some are related to circularity and some are not, can be assigned a “percentage of circularity”. Using this principle, a change in the percentage can be assigned for existing jobs that become more circular.

• Material / energy flow

The total amount of virgin materials directly used.

Virgin extraction + virgin imports - virgin exports where virgin imports = imports - imports of recycled materials - imports of waste

• Re-use and recycling

Estimates mass of materials being reused at city/sector level. ‘Reuse’ means reuse of discarded yet still usable product, for the same purpose, by a different user.

Definition comes from Potting; José and Aldert Hanemaaijer (eds.) (PBL), Roel Delahaye and Rutger Hoekstra (CBS), Jurgen Ganzevles and Johannes Lijzen (RIVM) (2018). Circular economy: what we want to know and can measure. Framework and baseline assessment for monitoring the progress of the circular economy in the Netherlands. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency publication Number 3217. The Hague, 2018.

Sum up mass of each waste material category subjected to reuse. Data may come from waste management companies.

• Re-use and recycling

Estimate material subjected to recycling at demo, sector and city level. ‘Recycling’ means processing of materials to achieve the original high-quality or reduce to low quality.

Definition from Potting; José and Aldert Hanemaaijer (eds.) (PBL), Roel Delahaye and Rutger Hoekstra (CBS), Jurgen Ganzevles and Johannes Lijzen (RIVM) (2018). Circular economy: what we want to know and can measure. Framework and baseline assessment for monitoring the progress of the circular economy in the Netherlands. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency publication number 3217. The Hague, 2018.

Sum up mass of each waste material category subjected to recycling. Data may come from contractors, statistical offices, waste management companies or the Sector Circularity Assessment Method.

• Re-use and recycling

The End-of-Life Recycling Rate (EoL RR) measures the efficiency with which the mass contained in End-of-Life products is collected, pre-treated, and finally recycled.

For each material fraction, the End-of-Life recycling rate is defined as the End-of-Life mass recycled divided by the available mass of End-of-Life materials. It is the product of the Processing Rate and the Collection Rate (EoL RR = EoL PR x EoL CR).

• Re-use and recycling

The End-of-Life Recycling Rate (EoL RR) measures the efficiency with which the mass contained in End-of-Life products is collected, pre-treated, and finally recycled.

For each material fraction, the End-of-Life recycling rate is defined as the End-of-Life mass recycled divided by the available mass of End-of-Life materials. It is the product of the Processing Rate and the Collection Rate (EoL RR = EoL PR x EoL CR).

• Waste generation / management

Mass percentage of waste which is incinerated.

Mass of materials incinerated divided by total amount of waste. Data from waste management companies.

• Waste generation / management

Mass percentage of waste which is landfilled.

Mass of materials landfilled divided by total amount of waste. Data from waste management companies.

• Environment impacts (global)

The indicator measures annual emissions of the so called ‘Kyoto basket’ of greenhouse gases. The indicator should be calculated at city level and when relevant, for demonstration actions. Focus is on direct emissions. See here for more info on the Kyoto basket

Direct GHG emissions pr. year demo level Direct GHG emissions pr. year city level

• Environment impacts (global)

The indicator measures annual emissions of the so called ‘Kyoto basket’ of greenhouse gases. The indicator should be calculated at city level and when relevant, for demonstration actions. Focus is on direct emissions. See here for more info on the Kyoto basket

Direct GHG emissions pr. year demo level Direct GHG emissions pr. year city level