Around a quarter of the world’s furniture is manufactured within the European Union – representing a €84 billion market that equates to an EU28 consumption of ~10.5 million
tonnes of furniture per annum while employing approximately 1 million European workers and consisting of, predominantly, SMEs
EUROPEN supports the objectives of the Circular Economy package and much of the content of the legislative proposals, which have important implications for the sustainable growth and competitiveness of the packaging supply chain in Europe.
The key views and recommendations of the major Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) for packaging in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Portugal, on the circular economy package put forward by the Commission on December 2, 2015.
This report is the primary outcome from Part II of the project “An extended producer responsibility (EPR) system and new business models to increase reuse and recycling of textiles in the Nordic region” initiated by the Nordic waste group (NAG)
This report is the primary outcome from Part I of the project “An extended producer responsibility (EPR) system and new business models to increase reuse and recycling of textiles in the Nordic region” initiated by the Nordic Waste Group