European Commission

Documents & publications

• Communication from the Commission, A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe and its annex, 2020
• Communication on The European Green Deal, 2019
• Report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan, 2019 - press release - questions and answers
• Communication from the Commission on a monitoring framework for the circular economy, 2018
• Commission Staff Working Document measuring progress towards circular economy in the EU – key indicators for a monitoring framework, 2018
• Circular material use rate - Calculation method - 2018 edition
• Communication from the Commission on a European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, 2018
• Communication from the Commission, Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy, 2015
• EU Construction and Demolition Waste Protocol and Guidelines, 2018
• Long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy by 2050 - A Clean Planet for all

Web pages

• Directorate General Environment: Circular economy
• Policy priorities: 'Towards a circular economy'
• Factsheets on the circular economy: All factsheets on the Commission's action plan on the circular economy
• A European Green Deal: Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent

Further statistics

• Waste statistics (Eurostat)
• Raw materials scoreboard (Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

To go further...

• Eurostat, Visualisation tool for the circular economy
• UNECE, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• EEA, Circular economy in Europe - Developing the knowledgebase
• EEA, Circular by design - Products in the circular economy
• EC, Sustainable finance
• The EIB in the circular economy
• European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform