Open database of policies & technologies for industrial circularity performance and decarbonisation

This database has been developed in the context of the Horizon Europe project TRANSIENCE to support the development of MIC3, a consistent, fully open-source model ecosystem to assess industrial circularity, decarbonisation, and sustainability. The database includes circular economy (CE) and decarbonisation interventions, across the three core sectors of the project: steel, cement/concrete and plastics. Key circular economy strategies and interventions are categorised based on two classifications: the 9Rs framework (refuse, rethink, reduce, reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture, repurpose, recycle) and the approach of Narrowing, Slowing, Substituting and closing resource loops. As most CE measures lead to or overlap with decarbonisation strategies, the database includes a list of technologies and associated costs that contribute to decarbonisation through increased circularity.