The Cabinet has approved the outline of a Circular Economy Bill which will curb a wide range of single-use products and ensure more robust waste management, including greater household segregation of items, and reduce food waste. The legislation will prompt a radical change to production and consumption, according to the Government – while also facilitating greater clamping down on littering and dumping. It will be the mechanism to implement many of the actions in the Government’s new waste action plan and its forthcoming circular economy strategy, with the latter being put on a statutory footing. “The Government is committed to a more ambitious, transformative approach to production and consumption to achieve a systemically circular economy,” Mr Ryan said. EU countries are adopting circular economy practices in line with the European green deal which has the circular economy at its heart.

Source: The Irish Times June 15, 2021 20:33 UTC