'Hollow words': why there'll be a fight over EU's plans to deal with our waste

If disagreement between the European parliament and commission is significant enough, the circular economy package could face serious changes

Last week, the European commission published its long awaited plan for promoting the circular economy.

With 54 separate initiatives ranging from "action on false green claims" to a revised fertilisers regulation, the roadmap may be one of the most wide-ranging pieces of legislation the EU has ever proposed. It plans to radically expand the eco-design directive from its current remit of energy efficiency, to include a product's "durability, reparability, recyclability and upgradeability".