Q1: What will be the core of the Sustainable Product Policy Framework regarding Ecodesign?

• To widen the Ecodesign Directive beyond energy-related products so as to make the Ecodesign framework applicable to the broadest possible range of products and make it deliver on circularity
• To encourage more non-EU countries to have legislation similar to the EU’s ecodesign and energy labelling directives.
• To increase national market surveillance that verifies whether products sold in the EU follow the requirements laid out in ecodesign and energy labelling regulations.

Q2: What will the European Commission propose to drive the demand for sustainable products by public authorities?

• The creation of a Circular Economy Superintendent role in each public authority body
• Restrictions on the purchase of products made from non-sustainable materials
• Minimum mandatory green public procurement

Q3: What is the name of the initiative that the European Commission will propose to address the electrical and electronic equipment fast growing waste stream?

• Circular Electronics Initiative
• Electrics and Electronics Initiative
• Electronics Waste Initiative

Q4: The construction sector consumes a very large part of our extracted material, and this in turn gives rise to high embodied carbon emissions. How much of all extracted material is used in the construction sector?

• About 30%.
• About 40%.
• About 50%.

Q5: What is the name of the initiative that will lead to significant improvements in the building sector?

• The Renovation Wave
• The Energy Wave
• The Efficiency Wave

Q6: What will the European Commission propose to help citizens, businesses and public authorities better separate waste?

• Waste Separation Open Days across EU member states
• A Waste Disposal calendar common to all EU Member states
• Harmonise separate waste collection systems

Q7: The objective to significantly reduce total waste generation and halve the amount of residual (non-recycled) municipal waste has been set for what year?

• 2030
• 2025
• 2050

Q8: How many jobs are linked to the circular economy in the EU?

• 2 million jobs
• 3 million job
• 4 million job

Q9: What is the name of the platform that offers guidance to project promoters on circular incentives, capacity building and financial risk management?

• Platform for the Circular Economy
• European Commission Support Platform
• Circular Economy Finance Support Platform

Q10: What is the aim of the Monitoring Framework for the Circular Economy?

• To ensure no EU member state goes over their waste generation quota.
• To compare the components of materials produced through different processes and by different manufacturers.
• To evaluate a country's progress towards a circular economy by displaying all relevant indicators.

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