European Parliament approves higher recycling rates

The European Parliament has approved a 70 percent target for the recycling of municipal waste in a move to further support the circular economy. The parliament voted today (14 March) in plenary to strengthen resource efficiency in the EU by 2030.

The 75 percent target goes above the proposed 65 percent–with 5 percent of that waste to be prepared for reuse.

“The European Parliament has sent a clear message to EU environment ministers: any attempt to water down this level of ambition would compromise efforts to transition to a stronger and resource-efficient economy for the European people,” said Piotr Barczak, Waste Policy Officer at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

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