EU Circular Economy Package: Commission to favour recycling quality over quantity

Circular Economy Package: Commission to favour recycling quality over quantity

April 20, 2015 - Environment

Leading environment journalist Sonja van Renssen is joined by Karl Falkenberg (Director-General for Environment, European Commission), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy MEP and Andy Doran (Novelis) to debate the question: “How can Europe capitalise on the Circular Economy?”.

This highlight video presents the core discussions and conclusions of the live debate on Thursday 16 April 2015, you can find the complete debate video here.

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