European Parliamentar Research Service (EPRS) published an excellent infographic overview of circular economy: from materials to waste, with a special focus on smarter use of resources and actions taken so far by the EU to close the loop.    
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The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has been selected as the winner of the public-sector category of The Circular Awards. Sitra is at the forefront of the Finnish road map to a circular economy 2016-2025. Finland is now offering new ways of thinking and carrying out practical circular economy experiments, from which the world could learn.  
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A joint initiative by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform is a virtual open space which aims at promoting Europe’s transition to a circular economy. It presents activities, information, and good practices and invites stakeholders to exchange and interact.
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By 2030, all plastic packaging in the EU should become recyclable. The Commission’s Strategy for Plastics also highlights the need for a legislative instrument to reduce the impact of single-use plastics, particularly in our seas and oceans.  
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In 2015, European Commission has adopted an ambitious Circular Economy Package to help European businesses and consumers to make the transition to a stronger and more circular economy where resources are used in a more sustainable way.  
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A Systemic Approach for Regions Transitioning towards a Circular Economy: The RETRACE project aims at promoting systemic design as a method allowing local and regional policies move towards a circular economy when waste from one productive process becomes input in another, preventing waste being released into the environment.
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