Discover how fashion and clothing businesses can use standards to support circular design, transparent claims and more resilient operations.
Explore the regulations driving change across the fashion and clothing sector, learn how different business functions contribute to a more circular business model, and find trusted guidance to help plan, implement and scale your circularity journey.
This position paper synthesises youth perspectives on the EU Circular Economy Act through a consultation survey of 57 responses across Europe, a youth check at the ECESP Annual Conference 2026 and additional qualitative stakeholder input.
There are two main parts: Youth Priorities: What the Act Still Needs identifies what young people consider is missing or insufficiently addressed in the current framing of the CEA. From Policy to Practice: What Effective Implementation Needs explains how these priorities could be addressed through the Act and its implementation.
The paper concludes that lower material demand, durable product design, reuse, effective collection systems and strong public governance play a key role: recycling is not enough.
The European Parliament has approved rules covering the whole vehicle lifecycle, including binding recycled-plastic content targets, dismantling design requirements and producer-funded treatment of end-of-life vehicles across the EU.
SYNCRETIX assists organisations with designing and implementing ESG transformation, circular economy solutions and resilience strategies.
Their approach integrates circular economy principles across the entire lifecycle of products, buildings and urban systems while strengthening climate resilience, resource efficiency and long-term sustainability.
Cillian Lohan discusses why the CEA should mark a systemic shift in EU industrial policy, the role of public procurement in driving demand for circular products, and how Europe can reconcile reindustrialisation with lower resource consumption.
The European Commission is looking for input on the role and functioning of the Treaty-based Horizon Europe European Partnerships and Joint Undertakings.
Do you have experience of these initiatives and views on how they are organised? Then fill out the questionnaire by 16 October!
The Commission's DG Environment and DG for International Cooperation and Development commissioned a study on the circular economy in Africa, and eight country reports were drawn up in preparation for a continent-wide report on the prospects of the circular economy in Africa.
The South Africa report examines the scope and status of the circular economy there. It looks at the policy framework, trade and investments and the impact and benefits of the circular economy. It also explores circular economy-related cooperation between the EU and South Africa. It concludes that South Africa already promotes a green economy agenda in Africa and the national government is now planning to pivot to a circular economy in the wake of the pandemic.
This two-day international event is organised by the WEEE Forum in cooperation with WEEE Ireland.
It will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, producer responsibility organisations (PROs), recyclers, manufacturers and circular economy experts to discuss the future of Extended Producer Responsibility and electronic waste management within Europe's evolving circular economy framework.
This leading event will bring together representatives of European and Spanish institutions, industry representatives, waste management operators and experts to analyse the strategic role of resource management in the transition towards a more competitive and sustainable circular economy.
Through the Call for Action to make the Circular Economy Act an enabler for circular construction to face the raw materials crisis, cities, regions and industry representatives are calling for stronger European action to reduce resource dependency, strengthen competitiveness and accelerate the circular transition in the built environment.
