Abbreviations and acronyms

AECM

Association of Estonian Cities and Municipalities

BRPCE

Brussels Regional Programme for a Circular Economy

CAD

Canadian dollar

CBS

Statistics Netherlands

CE

Circular economy

CEP

European Commission Clean Energy Package

CERIEC

Centre for Intersectoral Studies and Research on the Circular Economy

CIRB

Brussels Regional Informatics Centre

CHP

Combined heat and power

C&DECEIA

Construction and demolition

Estonian Circular Economy Industries Association

EEA

European Environment Agency

EIB

European Investment Bank

EIC

Environmental Investment Centre

EPR

Extended producer responsibility

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ERR

Estonian Public Broadcasting

ETS

School of Technology of Montreal

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FAO

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

FEMP

Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GDP

Gross domestic product

GDSI

Global Destination Sustainability Index

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GPP

Green public procurement

GDSICCA

Global Destination Sustainability Index

International Congress and Convention Association

ICT

Information and communication technology

IHOBE

Public Society of Environmental Management of the Basque Country

IEA

International Energy Agency

IoT

Internet of Things

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IT

Information technology

LCA

Life cycle analysis

LULUCF

Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry

MoU

Memorandum of understanding

NWMP

National Waste Management Plan

ODA

Official development assistance

OVAM

Public Waste Agency of Flanders

PLB

Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

PMMD

City of Toronto Purchasing and Materials Management Division

PREC

Regional Programme for the Circular Economy

PRO

Producer responsibility organisation

REACH

EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

RECE-XG

OECD Expert Group on a New Generation of Information for Resource-efficient and Circular Economy

R&D

Research and development

SDG

UN Sustainable Development Goal

SEI

Stockholm Environment Institute

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SRIK

Information Centre for Sustainable Renovation

SWMS

Solid Waste Management Services

TalTech

Tallinn University of Technology

TNO

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

TU DelftUK

Delft University of Technology

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNECE-TF

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Task Force on Measuring the Circular Economy

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

VAT

Value added tax

WEEE

Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment

WMP

Waste management plan