Feature: Is the EU lowering global standards for toxic and persistent substances?

摘要

Critics say Europe is curbing its ambition in international chemicals management to improve recycling rates and waste less. In its quest to improve recycling rates and to waste less, the EU is losing its renown as a leader in global chemicals management. In Europe, the phrase "circular economy" is a golden ticket – one of those hopeful-sounding, vaguely futuristic concepts bandied about in the Brussels bubble as a potential solution to the world's environmental problems.