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This collection features a selection of the initiatives listed on the Québec Circulaire platform.

Québec Circulaire is one of the flagship measures of the Pôle québécois de concertation sur l’économie circulaire (Quebec centre for consultation on the circular economy), a voluntary grouping of leaders from various backgrounds to accelerate the transition to the circular economy in Quebec. The information that emerges about circular economy is often fragmented by types of strategies, regions, people involved and sectors of activity. For a real change in the economic model to take place, it seemed essential to create a convergence forum for the exchange of information. Therefore, Québec Circulaire's mission is to bring together the variety of initiatives, tools, and expertise related to circular economy in Québec that are currently dispersed and will be multiplying in the coming years. 

Having begun its transition to circular economy in 2014, Québec serves as a pioneer in North America. By shining a light on the collective impact of individual and targeted initiatives, the circular economy can constitute a powerful lever for change.

This collection of case studies aims to bring together Quebec people involved in this transition, alongside facilitating access to initiatives and knowledge developed elsewhere in the world, and disseminating Quebec best practices internationally.

To learn more about Québec's initiatives to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, visit www.quebeccirculaire.org.

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Business case

Impact on the availability of resources as well as their effect on living organisms, ecosystems, and components of the environment.

Ecological Impact

Reduced green house gas emissions released into the biosphere

Reduce Emissions (SDG13)

Reduced use of fossil fuel energy sources and/or increased use of renewable energy

Reduce Energy Consumption

Producing transporation equipment and providing services for thetransportation of goods and people

Transportation and Logistics

Providing air, water, rail, and land transportation and related services for the distribution of goods, such as air freight, air courier and logistics services, maritime freight, marine courier and logistics services, rail freight, rail courier and logistics services, land freight, land courier and logistics services, including package and mail delivery and customs agents, as well as storage and warehouse facilities

Logistics Services

Ensure renewable, reusable, non-toxic resources are utilised as materials and energy in an efficient way

Prioritise regenerative resources

Work together throughout the supply chain, internally within organisations and with the public sector and communities to increase transparency and create joint value

Team up to create joint value

Replace energy sources with less impactful alternatives and enact energy efficiency measures

Regenerative energy

Engage with the local community where facilities or offices are located

Community collaboration

Converting fossil fuel based operations to electric

Electrification

Working together with the community and engaging them in the company operations

Joint product development

Regenerate strategies phase out hazardous or toxic materials and processes and substitute them with regenerative biomass resources. A circular economy aims to mimic natural cycles—by shifting to more regenerative farming practices, for example—while also maximising the share of circular biomass that enters the economy. Regeneration can happen both at the systems level (by designing regenerative processes) as well as at the product level (by switching synthetic to organic fertilisers, for example).

Regenerate

Impacts

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Industries

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The principles of a circular economy concern designing out waste, regenerating ecosystems and keeping items in use. Decoupling the economy from material flows—improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate—is also a consistent guide. By evolving with the growing number of applications of circular economy principles, and consolidating these strategies across thematic areas, Circle Economy’s Key Elements Framework (KE) renders the elements of the circular economy salient and serves as a basis to derive contextual strategies and interventions. 


The Framework consists of:
- Core Elements: Activities directly handling product or material flows; and uniquely,
- Enabling Elements: those that remove obstacles for core actors.


Key elements of the circular economy

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Circle Economy's framework of strategies and activities that define the circular economy

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Based on the work of [Bocken et al. (2016)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309699661_Product_design_and_business_model_strategies_for_a_circular_economy), the Four Flows Framework serves as a simple framework for managing resource flows in a circular economy by using less (Narrow), using for longer (Slow), using again (Cycle), and using clean, regenerative materials and energy (Regenerate).

These different principles of circular economy can be applied to our socioeconomic metabolism: we can design stocks like buildings, infrastructure, machinery, and vehicles to be rich resource mines for the future, and design manufactured goods and consumables to be cycled and made regenerative. Furthermore, the focus must also centre on getting more value out of fewer materials. Achieving the aims of a circular economy—minimising material use, regenerating the Earth, and preventing material losses—can be done through these four key strategies mentioned above.

Source: Circle Economy. (2023). *[The circularity gap report 2023](https://www.circularity-gap.world/2023)* (p.22). Amsterdam: Circle Economy. 

Four Flows Framework

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  La logistique du dernier kilomètre en zone urbaine, considérée comme la partie la moins efficace, représente de 30 à 60% des coûts de distribution et 20 à 30% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre de la livraison. Depuis plusieurs années, la croissance du commerce en ligne fait augmenter le besoin de livraison de colis en zone urbaine, tendance accélérée par la pandémie de COVID-19 qui a accru la pression sur les commerces de proximité, peu ou mal préparés à faire face à cette exigence. Aussi, les espaces de logistique urbaine font la démonstration dans la plupart des grandes villes européennes et quelques villes américaines de leur efficacité pour atténuer ces externalités et transformer la logistique urbaine. Ce projet vise donc à déployer une infrastructure urbaine partagée (dit “mini-hub) favorisant la logistique urbaine “douce” et l’approche RTA, visant à :  Réduire les kilomètres, notamment à travers la consolidation et l’optimisation des chargements; Transférer vers des véhicules plus appropriés, et; Améliorer via l’électrification.
           
    
    
 
  
        Réduire les GES par les distances parcourues, notamment dans le cadre de livraisons locales ayant pour origine et destination les mêmes zones denses ainsi que le transfert modal vers des véhicules adaptés et sobres en carbone; Viser l’adaptation des modes et opérations de livraison/ramassage au contexte urbain : sortir du « one-size-fit all » dans lequel c’est le même camion qui roule sur l’autoroute et livre en plein cœur des zones denses et résidentielles; Encourager et faciliter la mutualisation d’actifs ou de capacité entre acteurs du transport ainsi que la consolidation des flux de colis transportés; Faciliter l’accès des commerçants de proximité, petites et moyennes entreprises locales à des options de livraison durable dans un cadre leur permettant aussi d’accroître leur compétitivité pour la vente à distance; Travailler sur l’amélioration de la qualité de vie: tel que réduire la présence de camions bruyants, dangereux et polluants sur les artères et quartiers résidentiels.
 Approvisonnement & consommation responsableOptimisation des opérations Le projet étant en démarrage, il n'y a pas encore de résultats obtenus. Principale(s) ressource(s) concernée(s) Énergie non renouvelableEnergies renouvelables 

Montreal

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<p>A mini-hub contributes in shaping the transition towards electric and shared mobility, mainly by improving the delivery sector and its environmental footprint.</p>