At the end of April, 3drivers was present in Brussels to present the results of studies being conducted by the consorcium with NORION and Ricardo to support the Impact Assessment of the upcoming Circular Economy Act.

The CEA is a key deliverable of the Commission’s agenda to strengthen EU competitiveness, strategic autonomy, and to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and resource-efficient economy.

This moment marked the final stakeholder workshop of this project, whereby the team of experts had the chance to present the main findings and discuss them with a room full of participants, namely representatives of industrial sectors, companies and civil society organizations.

The presentation addressed 3 main policy objectives:
– Improving the EU’s open strategic autonomy on critical raw materials (CRM);
– Tackling regulatory framework simplification and removing Single Market barriers, namely on EPR systems and End of waste status;
– Strengthening secondary raw material markets and access to feedstock.

3drivers contributions to these studies focused mostly on reducing EU dependency on critical raw materials, namely by addressing treatment and recycling of the WEEE Directive, CRM recovery, WEEE EPR systems simplification and digitalization, as well stimulating secondary and biobased raw materials demand and supply.