EuRIC unveils circular economy action plan for recycled metals

The action plan highlights major roadblocks holding back Europe's metals recycling sector: stagnating domestic demand for recycled metals, biased methodologies for defining green products, less focus on recyclers in key policies like the Clean Industrial Deal, and the lack of recyclers' representation in EPR scheme governance. These barriers stifle investments and limit Europe's ability to generate its own resources at a time when the EU27 remain trapped in reliance on third-country supplies.