France: Circular Economy 2-pager

In 2015 European Commission adopted the Circular Economy Action Plan, which included comprehensive measures addressing waste management. The EU laws set minimum recycling, landfilling, material recovering and renewable energy consumption targets. Among other initiatives introduced in the plan is the plastics strategy which aims to ban and reduce consumption of certain types of singleuse plastic. France transposes EU legislation on CE timely and performs relatively well in attaining its targets. New Circular Economy Action Plan adopted in March 2020 will aim among others to facilitate circularity in textile industry and production of electronic equipment.

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Source: Holland Circular Hotspot