EUROPEAN COMMISSION REVAMPS ITS CIRCULAR ECONOMY PLANS

A CONFERENCE has been staged in Brussels that has heard how the European Commission plans to reintroduce its ‘circular economy’ proposals on increasing recycling and targeting zero waste systems, including the recovery of high value industrial minerals. This broad policy was dropped from the work programme of the new Commission that took office from November 1, but proposals are now being redrafted for release by December.Speaking in Brussels on March 5, at a 2015 European Circular Economy Conference, the EU's environment, maritime affairs and fisheries ...


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