This paper presents a roadmap for how the textile and clothing industry in the Netherlands can become more circular by 2050, with a deep dive into a circular scenario focused on 'reuse' that could maximize opportunities for employment and skills development.
This report connects the potential for resource efficiency, via circular economy and the processes that retain product value within the systems, with a policy-relevant lens.The report also highlights the systemic barriers that may inhibit progressive scale-up including regulatory, market, technology and infrastructure barriers, and how they could be overcome.
This paper provides an empirical analysis of the impact of energy price increases – induced notably by the removal of fossil fuel subsidies – on the joint environmental and economic performance of Indonesian plants in the manufacturing industry for the period 1980-2015.
This report summarises current knowledge about the environmental performance of single-use plastic tableware and its alternatives and offers guidelines to policy makers tasked with regulating its use.
This report includes results of LCA meta-analyses on single-use plastic products (SUPP) and their alternatives, an elaboration on a variety of resources and mechanisms related to actions to address SUPP pollution, as well as country-level case studies on policy development presented by a selection of Member States.