17 Mar 2020 --- The European Commission has adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan in which it prioritizes reducing overpackaging and packaging waste, driving design for reusable and recyclable packaging and reducing the complexity of packaging materials. The Plan, which the Commission identifies as one of the major building blocks of the European Green Deal, also considers mandatory plastic requirements for recycled content and waste reduction measures for key products such as packaging, addresses intentionally added microplastics, develops labeling and regulatory measures on unintentionally released microplastics and establishes a policy framework on the use of bio-based plastics.
