The role of life cycle assessment for chemical recycling deployment and policy decision-making
Chemical recycling refers to an emerging and diverse group of technologies for which there is a need for well-founded data to assess their potential contribution to circularity and decarbonisation. To support decision-making and investment processes, life cycle assessment (LCA) is a key tool for assessing the impacts of these technologies. This event will aim to […]
Low-carbon technologies and Russian imports
The term ‘strategic autonomy’ denotes the political goal of building a self-reliant EU economy with limited exposure to supply disruptions, like those stemming from the Covid-19 crisis. Securing access to the non-energy minerals required for building a new industrial ecosystem consistent with the EU’s decarbonisation objectives is important to achieving this goal. Rising demand for […]
Sustainable Product Policy Initiative: A new framework for environmental performance of products
The European Commission plans to present in the end of March its flagship Sustainable Product Policy Initiative that will aim to set out a new EU policy framework for sustainable products and help achieve the EU’s climate neutrality and circular economy objectives. Among the key elements to be included in the initiative are requirements on […]
Implementation of circular economy approaches in the electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) sector
Circular economy business models (CBMs) are identified as important levers in the transition to a circular economy (CE). Published in the ‘Journal for Cleaner Production’, this article aims to enrich the research in the field of CBMs by focusing on the electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) sector. The study adopts a multi-case study approach and uses a sample of 31 […]
Chemical recycling: what is the state of play globally?
Chemical recycling is increasingly being featured in the discussions around plastic waste generation globally as one of the potential solutions to address this challenge. Various chemical recycling technologies have emerged in recent years that are at different levels of development. There is growing investment interest in this group of technologies as demonstrated by various recent […]