Research project INCENTIVIZE – Transferable Quotas, Fees, and Taxes for a Less Toxic Circular Economy.

Building on successfully implemented policies such as the European Emissions Trading System, this project will design innovative market-based instruments to complement chemical regulation in order to accelerate the reduction of hazardous chemicals in processes and products and thereby facilitate the transition to a non-toxic circular economy in Sweden and the EU. These policy instruments will create strong incentives for industry to phase out hazardous substances, adopt safer alternatives and improve recycling processes. The main objectives are::

• Design Market-Based Instruments: Develop mechanisms such as transferable quotas, fees, and taxes that incentivize industries to phase out hazardous substances, adopt safer alternatives, and enhance recycling processes.
• Collaborative Development: Engage key stakeholders—including policymakers, industry representatives, and civil society—in policy labs to co-develop effective policy instruments that are feasible to implement.
• Generate scientific and policy-relevant insights to inform decision-making on chemical management and circular economy in Sweden and in the EU, supporting Swedish environmental objectives and Circular Economy Strategy as well as the European Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan, and the proposed new European Circular Economy Act.