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Circular economy legislation faces final vote after EU approval

The first Circular Economy Package trilogue negotiation between the European Council, Parliament and Commission will take place next week (30 May), after the Council agreed a negotiating mandate on Friday.

The Councilĺs Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) agreed its negotiating mandate on Friday afternoon (19 May), following discussions on the packageĺs four legislative proposals across three council presidency periods.

Though it has not made details of its negotiation stance public Resource understands that it is seeking to reduce the 2030 target for reuse and recycling to 60 per cent, as well as reviews on individual targets for textile waste and clarifications on the definitions of recycling and municipal waste, with the provision of a common methodology to report the reuse of products by 2019.
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