MEPs back Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Parliament has adopted the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan to achieve a carbon-neutral, sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050. MEPs voted 574 in favour, 22 against and 95 abstentions to back the action plan but also called on the commission to include more stringent targets to protect natural resources and […]
European Parliament calls for ambitious right to repair
The European Parliament has voted in favour of establishing a ‘right to repair’ alongside a far reaching set of circular economy measures. MEPs were voting on a report on the Circular Economy Action Plan presented last year by the European Commission and overwhelmingly adopted sweeping measures to extend the life of products, increase access to […]