Circular Plastics Economy for Non-food Packaging (cepStudy Executive Summary)
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Circular Plastics Economy for Non-food Packaging (cepStudy Executive Summary)

Dr. Götz Reichert, LL.M.
Dr. Götz Reichert, LL.M.
Prof. Dr. Jan S. Voßwinkel
Prof. Dr. Jan S. Voßwinkel
Svenja Schwind
Svenja Schwind

With a new Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU Commission wants to create a "circular plastics economy" in the European Union. A cep study evaluates the requirements for implementing the action plan.

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In principle, the proposals of the EU Commission point in the right direction to strengthen an EU-wide circular plastics economy also for non-food packaging. However, rigid regulatory targets and binding specifications should be replaced by a greater degree of flexibility. In addition, efforts to create an EU internal market for plastics recyclates should be intensified.

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Circular Plastics Economy for Non-food Packaging (cepStudy Executive Summary)