Court of Auditors: hardly any progress towards circular economy

The EU is making little progress in the transition to a circular economy. This is the conclusion of a special report published yesterday by the European Court of Auditors. The two action plans of the EU Commission and funds made available amounting to €10 billion have made little progress in the conversion in the member states. In particular, there is a lack of cycle-oriented design of products and manufacturing processes, the report says. The EU target of recycling twice as many materials this decade as in the previous decade seems out of reach, the auditors said.