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Circular Economy

Feature

Bio-plastics for the climate?

On September 25 in Bonn, the International Conference on Chemicals Management seeks a new framework for the global chemical industry – the goals: saving raw materials and energy, and achieving climate targets. The German start-up Traceless is working on solutions to achieve these goals. But the company is also facing criticism.

By Leonie Sontheimer

Feature

Circular economy: EU moves forward with action plan

Product design, repair, reuse – in its current action plan for the circular economy, the EU takes a look at all phases in the life cycle of a product. There will be stricter requirements for almost all products in the future. An overview of the legislative projects.

By Leonie Düngefeld

Feature

Packaging: Lobby battle over reusable targets

The EU Commission wants to set targets for the reuse of packaging. This is meeting with enormous resistance, particularly in the takeaway sector: a new lobby alliance is calling for the negotiations to be paused and insists on recyclable single-use packaging. Members of parliament are also divided over the reusable quotas.

By Leonie Düngefeld

Bundesumweltministerin Steffi Lemke.
Opinion

With resource conservation against global environmental crises 

At least half of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the extraction and processing of resources. A circular economy can limit consumption – a decisive but often overlooked lever in climate action and nature protection. At their meeting in Japan, the G7 environment ministers are working to change that.

By Experts Table.Briefings