Country profiles on Circular Economy in Europe

ETC/CE Reports 2022/5: Circular economy country profiles

A set of 30 country profiles that summarise policies and initiatives in the area of circular economy.

Publication date: December 2022

Prepared by:
Bart Ullstein, Bettina-Bahn Walkowiak, Jens Günther, Jiri Valta, Åsa Romson, Jenny von Bahr, Susanna Paleari, Theo Geerken, Veronique Van Hoof and Evelien Dils (ETC/CE) and Peder Jensen and Daniel Montalvo (EEA).

At the request of The European Commission EEA has produced EU country profiles that offer an updated view of circular economy policies being implemented at a national level with a particular focus on elements that go beyond EU mandatory elements, and best practice with a focus on policy innovation.

While implementing the EU Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP 2020), Member States are encouraged to advance circularity at a national level by adopting policies and initiatives that go beyond EU regulations, while preserving the Single Market.

These circular economy country profiles are based on information reported by the Eionet network and, in particular, the Eionet Group on Circular Economy and Resource Use in the second quarter of 2022. The information was reviewed and edited by the European Topic Centre on Circular economy and resource use (ETC CE). A selection of Eurostat data was made to further complement this country profile.

The information is current as of September 2022 (final review) when members of Eionet verified the content of this profile.

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Circular Economy policy innovation and good practice in Member States

Circular Economy policy innovation and good practice in Kosovo, Switzerland and Türkiye

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