Recommendations of the German Council for Sustainable Development to the German Federal Government regarding the transformation to a circular economy.

The recommendations include the following: 

• Adjusting objectives to strive for an absolute reduction in primary raw material consumption
• Establishing a policy mix of incentives, support measures and regulation to achieve a steering effect
• Anticipating processes of structural change and further developing social safeguarding instruments
• Setting out standards and norms and avoiding distortion of competition
• Seizing economic opportunities and supporting sound circular economy business models
• Mainstreaming recyclability throughout product lifecycles.