This EU Green Week 2026 partner event will bring together exemplary initiatives and projects from across Europe which are reimagining value chains and demonstrating novel circular systemic solutions.
What would it take to turn resale and repair into a source of economic growth that uses fewer resources, produces fewer emissions and creates more local jobs?
That's the question at the heart of this new report. It demonstrates how a targeted mix of policy incentives could lift gross margins to 55% for resale and 41% for repair. It covers three policy shifts:
reducing VAT/sales tax on secondhand goods and on repair services
lowering labour taxes for jobs in resale and repair
Extended Producer Responsibility
The report focuses on existing levers that governments can pull, not new frameworks to invent. Together, they improve margins per unit, reduce labour costs and ensure producers pay more of the true costs of linear production, giving resale and repair the conditions they need to scale.
This webinar will explore what is needed to scale up the circular economy in Europe, how it can be financed, and what can be done to ensure a just transition.
Recycling Europe's flagship annual gathering is a central meeting point for the entire recycling value chain.
This year’s conference will focus on one central question: how do we deliver circularity in practice? Discussions will explore the policy, market and industrial conditions needed to turn Europe’s circular ambitions into measurable results across value chains.
In this document, Recycling Europe outlines its “DOs and DON’Ts” for the upcoming CEA, presenting key policy recommendations that can stimulate demand for high-quality recycled materials, expand recycling capacity and identify measures that could, conversely, undermine the competitiveness of the recycling industry by restricting the recycled materials market or increasing administrative burdens.
Circular Change, a globally recognised think-tank, is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
It was founded in 2016 by Ladeja Godina Košir, currently Co-Chair of the ECESP, with a view to collaborative leadership and cross-border cooperation, strengthening international dialogue and advancing the circular transition.
Achievements include organising conferences geared to co-creation and systemic change, assuming a European leadership role by chairing the ECESP and gaining global recognition with a Circular Leadership Award nomination at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Circular Change has also contributed to national circular economy roadmaps in Serbia and Chile, advanced the concept of transition brokers and highlighted the need for circular diplomacy.
Our conference brought together EU institutions, civil society, academics, industry and young people to discuss all aspects of the circular economy, from legislation to social impact. Our new Coordination Group members shone as they spoke about the areas in which they are experts. Read about some of the major themes!
The annual Organic Awards promote the reduction of agriculture’s impact on the environment and climate.
Resource efficiency is very much in tune with circular economy principles, so if you have an appropriate project, send in your application by 26 April!
The ECESP Annual Conference will provide a high-level platform to discuss the ambitions, scope and policy direction of the Circular Economy Act, situating it within the broader EU framework, investment needs and global developments.
It will be two days of talks, discussions and workshops. The networking village will shine a spotlight on interesting circular initiatives, and there will be plenty of opportunities for networking!
Registration for in-person participation is now closed, but most of the sessions will be livestreamed.
This is the Ellen McArthur Foundation's key policy recommendations for the Circular Economy Act.
They argue that by rapidly aligning regulatory requirements and fiscal incentives across the EU single market without further delay, the CEA can enable a European secondary raw materials market and circular business models to succeed, while harmonising environmental and industrial policy goals.
They propose three core policy levers:
Build a true EU single market where circular products and secondary materials can move freely.
Leverage price and demand signals to make upstream circular solutions the most accessible and affordable choice for buyers.
Treat the circular economy as a core industrial strategy to strengthen circular supply and value chains through industrial collaboration.
