Stakeholder Consultation with Petaling Jaya City Council

DESIGNING CIRCULAR CITIES IN MALAYSIA

STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WEBINAR

1. Objectives

Based on the recent initiative of the Malaysian Government to introduce a Circular Economy Roadmap

(CER) for plastics by end 2020, the stakeholder consultations aims at supporting stakeholders,

including state governments and private sector, in taking a unified and collective approach towards

a sustainable, circular economic system and an inclusive approach including the informal sector and

vulnerable groups as well.

The new EU Circular Economy Action Plan will serve as a basis for action in Malaysia, where the IUC

project will bring best practices from the European pilot cities to achieve circular product design

through, e.g. improved durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability of products; increased

recycled content in products; and restricting single-use and countering premature obsolescence of

products. There is an expected benefit for the European cities to access the growing market of

circular economy investments in Malaysian cities.

This stakeholder consultation Webinar will enable Malaysian government, private sector players

together with key stakeholders to dialogue with EU experts on the subject matter and explore how

city-to-city cooperation and collaboration will transition Petaling Jaya to a circular city.

The Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya would like to share their top five (5) challenges in their transition

to circular economy (1) Food and organic waste (2) Plastic pollution and packaging (3) Construction

material flow and design (4) Household e-waste (5) Lack of digital sharing tools & platforms as

enabler for circular cities.

In turn, EU experts will be invited to share the transition to circular, sustainable economy and how

it opens the way to emerging industries and new jobs with higher added value. Identifying and

advancing these opportunities is important, where the IUC project will introduce some of the most

cutting-edge innovations and initiatives in the field.