Law and Regulations in the Circular Economy field

This college aims to develop an innovative regulatory context for the circular economy and the climate: authorizations, prohibitions, incentives and standards.

– Prohibitions
- Plastics
- Uncontrolled landfills

– Requirements

- Repairable
- Use x% recycled materials in new products (x% recycled plastics in new plastics, glass bottles from virgin material (limited in production).
- Public procurement: incorporating circular economy criteria
- Eco-design (example: for energy-consuming materials).
– Normative / Quality
- - Optimal end date (ex.: rice/ salt or pepper).
  - Quality standard for recycled products.
  - Traceability (organization)
  - Consolidated data sharing between different players in Europe (identical parameters in Europe). Common indicators.
  - Problem of ten-year guarantees (insurance) in the use of recycled materials on a construction site.