Zero Waste Europe Blasts Circular Economy Package as “Too Weak”

The recently published, and long awaited, Circular Economy Package from the EU Commission has been criticised as being too weak to work by Zero Waste Europe.

Waste Management World 10 December 2015: The recently published, and long awaited, Circular Economy Package from the EU Commission has been criticised as being too weak to work by Zero Waste Europe.

The organisation claimed that although the benefits expected from a transition to a circular economy are huge, the proposed legislation and action plan will not be sufficient to create such a systemic change.

“The proposed package opens with the same scope as the former proposal and contains some positive elements, such as the obligation for member states to align waste management pricing with waste hierarchy, but it’s not a more...read on.