The role of plastics in Europe’s circular economy

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Series Details Volume 5, 05/2024
Publication Date June 2024
ISBN 978-92-9480-644-4
ISSN 2467-3196
EC TH-AM-24-006-EN-Q
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Plastics are essential in society. Yet value chains are unsustainable — generating emissions and increasing waste and pollution. Reducing such impacts demands moving towards a circular and sustainable plastics system. This briefing covers plastics production and consumption in Europe, the impacts on the environment and climate change, and how we can shift to a circular economy for plastics. Work from the Circularity Metrics Lab on plastics (EEA, 2024a) and a report on the Circularity Metrics Lab for Plastics from the European Topic Centre on Circular Economy and Resource Use inform this briefing.

Source Link https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/the-role-of-plastics-in-europe
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  • https://www.doi.org/10.2800/6297
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