INEC, a leading think tank on issues related to the preservation of natural resources, has published its European Resource Programme.

It defines ways to preserve natural resources, focusing on six resources that will be crucial for energy, the economy and the environment: water, wood, li-ion batteries, permanent magnets, copper and building materials.

The Circular Economy package has merely resulted in measures targeting consumers rather than authorities. Positive initiatives such as the digital product passport aside, this vision of the circular economy is not sufficiently integrated into decarbonisation goals. INEC's realistic measures, the result of broad debate between stakeholders, aim to transform the economy and make it genuinely circular.