REFLOW Project is proud to be an Innovation Action project funded within the H2020 framework and be working towards implementing Circular Economy at the European city level. The Circular Economy Action Plan put forward as part of the EU Industrial Strategy presents a range of measures, including the following:
Empower consumers. Consumers will have access to reliable information on issues such as the reparability and durability of products to help them make environmentally sustainable choices. Consumers will benefit from a true ‘Right to Repair’.
Focus on the sectors that use the most resources and where the potential for circularity is high. The Commission will launch concrete actions on:
- electronics and ICT – a ‘Circular Electronics Initiative’ to have longer product lifetimes, and improve the collection and treatment of waste
- batteries and vehicles – new regulatory framework for batteries for enhancing the sustainability and boosting the circular potential of batteries
- packaging – new mandatory requirements on what is allowed on the EU market, including the reduction of (over)packaging
- plastics – new mandatory requirements for recycled content and special attention on microplastics as well as biobased and biodegradable plastics
- textiles – a new EU Strategy for Textiles to strengthen competitiveness and innovation in the sector and boost the EU market for textile reuse
- construction and buildings – a comprehensive Strategy for a Sustainably Built Environment promoting circularity principles for buildings
- food – new legislative initiative on reuse to substitute single-use packaging, tableware and cutlery by reusable products in food services
Ensure less waste. The focus will be on avoiding waste altogether and transforming it into high-quality secondary resources that benefit from a well-functioning market for secondary raw materials. The Commission will explore setting an EU-wide, harmonised model for the separate collection of waste and labeling. The Action Plan also puts forward a series of actions to minimise EU exports of waste and tackle illegal shipments.