year 2011

Driven by resource price fluctuations, reliance on raw material imports, and increasingly scarce resources, the European Commission adopted the European Resource Efficiency Roadmap in 2011, which aims to decouple economic growth from resource consumption.

June 2012

The "European Resource Efficiency Platform" (EREP) was launched to promote the transition to a resource-efficient economy. The platform brings together stakeholders and various experts from different fields, such as the Allen MacArthur Foundation, Unilever, etc., to jointly provide policy recommendations for promoting the transition to a circular economy.

July 2014

The European Commission adopted the "Circular Economy Package." The plan is based on the "European Resource Efficiency Roadmap" and includes a series of initiatives such as the revision of waste laws and regulations, sustainable building initiatives, green entrepreneurship action plans, green employment policy documents, and "roadmap" progress reports.

December 2015

Adopted the European Union’s Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which aims to promote the transformation of the world’s largest single market to a circular economy. Put forward 54 actions and 4 legislative proposals on waste, including landfill, reuse and recycling targets to be achieved by 2030 and 2035, and added classifications such as municipal waste textiles and biological waste Recycling obligation.

2017 year

The "European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform" and the "Circular Economy Financial Support Platform" were launched to empower all parties involved in the transformation from a knowledge perspective.

The EU’s "Circular Economy Action Plan" is committed to covering the entire economic cycle from production to consumption, maintenance and remanufacturing, to waste management and secondary raw materials. The material flows covered are plastics, food, key raw materials, demolition and construction, and biomass and bio-based materials.

In addition, a series of cross-departmental and cross-sector measures are also provided to support this systemic change through innovation and investment.