EU’s current policies are ‘insufficient’ to reduce resource use
A new report released by Zero Waste Europe argues that the EU’s current policies are ‘insufficient’ to reduce the absolute levels of resource use. Ahead of the introduction of the Circular Economy Act, the report states that current policy measures are a blind spot that threatens the EU’s strategic autonomy. The report presents three alternatives, which include expanding the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Carbon…