Politics

| The EU circular economy action plan lays an important foundation for waste prevention, longer product use and better recycling – but binding targets and timetables are needed for its implementation, says DUH.

| FEAD welcomes the ambitious new Circular Economy Action Plan put forward by the European Commission for a cleaner and more competitive Europe.

| To achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal, an ambitious CEAP is vital and today’s announcement marks an important step by the European Commission to draw a final line under the linear economy and establish clear priorities for the packaging sector.

| CEWEP believes that it is very timely and necessary to introduce a new set of ambitious proposals for circularity, from product design to sustainable waste management.

| The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (Euric) welcomes the publication of the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) by the European Commission.

| Mathieu Rama, Senior Policy Officer at RREUSE, shared the following reaction: “A comprehensive upstream approach ensuring products are durable, repairable and re-useable is timely. Whilst tackling design of electrical products remains a priority, we welcome indications that other product categories such as textiles and furniture will also be addressed within a new Sustainable Product Policy”.

| The Bureau of International Recycling welcomes the EU's support for recyclers as laid out in their new Circular Economy Action Plan.

| The European Commission’s new Circular Economy action plan contains a patchwork of some positive initiatives on how we produce, consume and dispose of resources and products but will likely fail to prevent runaway resource overconsumption, according to Friends of the Earth Europe.

| Despite the absence of targets to halve resource use, the strategy is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the way we manufacture and use our products in a way that benefits people and the planet.

| ACE (The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) welcomes the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan that will further accelerate the transition of the EU towards a circular and climate neutral economy.

| Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) welcomes the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) by the European Commission, as an important step to increase the EU’s circularity.

| Today, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal.

| The International Bromine Council (BSEF) lodged formal proceedings with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg against the European Commission (EC) with respect to its recently published regulation on Ecodesign requirements electronic displays.

| ESWET and CEWEP welcome the report on the “EU Taxonomy” published by the Technical Expert Group (TEG) on sustainable finance, with the positive remarks of the experts emphasising that “WtE has a role to play even in an increasingly circular economy, as not all waste can be reused or recycled”.