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Delivering the Circular Economy Package

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Published on: 11 February 2016

Published by a LexisNexis Environment expert

Table of contents

What is the background to the Circular Economy Package?
What are the details of the proposals?
How does the December 2015 Circular Economy Package compare with the proposals that were shelved in December 2014?
What is the purpose of the new package of measures?
What are the benefits of this package and are there any drawbacks?
How successful do you think the measures are likely to be?
What does all this mean for lawyers and their clients? What should they do next?
Do you have any predictions for future trends or developments in this area?

Article summary

Environment analysis: Following changes made to the Circular Economy Package, including revised legislative proposals on waste, Christopher Badger, barrister at 6 Pump Court gives his insight into the European Commission proposals and evaluates how transformative they are likely to be.

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