Commission Promises 'More Ambitious' Circular Economy Plans

摘要

The european Commission has confirmed that waste proposals set out by former Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, will be axed, claiming that they won't deliver the results needed in their current form. The official announcement comes after the European Commission adopted its Work Programme for 2015 - setting out the actions the Commission intends to take over the next 12 months. The Commission says new, more ambitious plans to promote a circular economy will be put in place by the end of 2015. Former Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, put together the circular economy package, which included higher targets for recycling packaging waste and plans to increase recycling targets to 70 percent by 2030. In total, 80 existing proposals will be withdrawn or amended for "political or technical reasons".