'Weak' and lacking ambition: critics respond to the EU's new waste targets

Our guide to the newly launched EU circular economy package: what is it, what are the targets and why are the critics so disappointed?

The EU circular economy package that has been in the works for a year was finally launched yesterday. Promising to be a "more ambitious" set of proposals than the original plans that were controversially scrapped by the European commission a year ago, the new package has received a mixed reception.

Here we take a look at what the new package looks like, what the experts think and why we need a circular economy to start with.