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December date for EU Circular Economy Package

The European Commission’s (EC) Circular Economy Package will be released on 2 December, according to the EC’s Director of Green Economy, Kęsţutis Sadauskas. He told delegates at the conference that an emphasis on separate collections was needed in order to improve the secondary materials markets by increasing the quality of paper, plastic, glass and metal. Sadauskas also said that legislation on food waste would be included in the package after the public consultation held between May and August this year highlighted the need to act on European levels of food waste.

Photo: BFL/ Vyganto Skaraičio

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