The rate of use of the Circular Economy in individual sectors

mentioned in 2015, when the "Action Plan for the circular economy"
was adopted at the European level, it is still not possible to speak of
a sufficient knowledge base in this area. The Action Plan (COM
(2015) 614) can be seen as an initial strategic document that sets out
a concrete and ambitious roadmap for implementing the Sustainable
Development Agenda 2030. However, the European Green
Agreement cannot be left out in this context either (COM(2019) 640).
It is seen as a new growth strategy to transform the EU into a fair and
prosperous society with a modern, competitive, resource-efficient
economy, with net greenhouse gas emissions expected to be zero by
2050 and economic growth independent of resource use. A new EU
circular economy action plan - Towards a cleaner and more
competitive Europe was also adopted in 2020 (COM(2020) 98). The
main priority areas are measures focusing on the value chains of key
products electronics and ICT (information and communication
technologies), batteries and vehicles, plastics, textiles, packaging,
construction and buildings, food, water and nutrients measures
covering all links in the value chain from production to consumption,
repair and refurbishment, waste management up to the return of raw
materials back to the economy and their use in the production cycle
in the form of secondary raw materials. The transition to a circular
economy also includes a revision of the European waste directives:
on waste, on packaging and packaging waste, on landfills, on
batteries and accumulators and used batteries and accumulators, and
on waste electrical and electronic equipment. In order for all of this
to be possible, it is necessary to know the amount of waste produced
by individual sectors, which is also dealt with in our article.