The Guardians views on the recent EU Circular Economy package.
‘Last week, the European commission published its long awaited plan for promoting the circular economy. With 54 separate initiatives ranging from “action on false green claims” to a revised fertilisers regulation, the roadmap may be one of the most wide-ranging pieces of legislation the EU has ever proposed. It plans to radically expand the eco-design directive from its current remit of energy efficiency, to include a product’s “durability, reparability, recyclability and upgradeability”.
On top of this, four other European directives will be substantially amended to include legally binding targets for 2030 (the waste framework directive, and those on packaging-waste, landfill waste and electrical waste).’ To read more go to: