Press Release: Circular economy: MEPs call for ‘systemic change’ to address resource scarcity

The European Parliament approved on 09 July 2015 a resolution regarding the European Union's circular economy strategy.

MEPs called on the European Commission to table new legislation on the subject by the end of 2015. The EC had submitted a proposal in 2014, which it withdrew some months later.

According to the text, a more efficient use of natural resources would boost the EU's GDP and job creation. Therefore, there would be a need to create binding waste-reduction targets, to revamp ecodesign laws and to uncouple growth from resource use.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Circular economy: 'systemic change' needed to address resource scarcity http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-circular-economy-systemic-change-needed-to-address-resource-scarcity/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 03.07.15: Circular economy: the importance of re-using products and materials http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150701STO72956/

EUObserver, 21.09.15: [Opinion] How the EU could give products a new lease of life https://euobserver.com/opinion/130339

EUObserver, 21.10.15: One industry's waste is another's resource https://euobserver.com/regions/130407

EUObserver, 16.11.15: Circular economy leak: New rules on recyclable TV screens https://euobserver.com/environment/131124

EurActiv: Topics: Circular Economy http://www.euractiv.com/topics/circular-economy

EUObserver, 27.11.15: Commission mulls lower targets in 'more ambitious' waste bill https://euobserver.com/environment/131290

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