In the past, innovation in sectors like plastics, textiles and furniture, often took place in silos, optimising for a specific aspect of the product or material. While these innovations have delivered improvements in one domain, they often weakened value creation or retention in other steps in the value chain, mostly downstream. Specific Challenge Systemic innovation should […]
Interreg Europe: RETRACE: Systemic Design for Circular Policymaking
The priority of the RETRACE project is to give a systemic approach to circular policy formulation within the Interreg Europe programme. RETRACE aims to promote systemic design as a method that allows local and regional policies to move towards a circular economy when waste from one production process is incorporated into another, preventing waste from […]
Circular Economy: Commission welcomes Council final adoption of new rules on single-use plastics to reduce marine plastic litter
The Council of the EU today adopted the ambitious measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter coming from the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on European beaches, as well as abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. The rules on Single-Use Plastics items and fishing gear envisage different measures to apply to different product […]
Commission delivers on Circular Economy Action Plan
All 54 actions under the plan launched in 2015 have now been delivered or are being implemented. This will contribute to boost Europe’s competitiveness, modernise its economy and industry to create jobs, protect the environment and generate sustainable growth. The European Commission published a comprehensive report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan it adopted […]