This questionnaire relates to a project titled: “Scoping study to assess the feasibility of further EU measures on waste prevention”.

The European paper value chain is proud to announce that it reached the trajectory set back in 2016 to achieve 74% recycling in 2020.

On 3 August 2021, the Platform on Sustainable Finance published a draft report on preliminary recommendations for technical screening criteria for the EU taxonomy.

New information pages available here.

The European Commission adopted an ambitious and comprehensive package of measures, including the Sustainable Finance Strategy, to help improve the flow of money towards financing the transition to a sustainable economy.

In 2020, a new Circular Economy Action Plan announced initiatives along the entire life cycle of products, aiming to ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. One of these initiatives consist in regulatory measures for mobile phones and tablets under the Ecodesign Directive so that ‘devices are designed for energy efficiency and durability, reparability, upgradability, maintenance, reuse and recycling’.

METABUILDING is a Horizon 2020 project. The METABUILDING innovation ecosystem brings together stakeholders from construction and 4 emerging industrial sectors: recycling & circularity, additive manufacturing, nature-based solutions and digital industry. Hungary is one of the project’s target countries.

The European Investment Bank has published an overview on their work on circular economy. The publication details the Bank’s activities in the sector and highlights key projects.