Opportunities and pitfalls for sustainable materials management in European Union law EU materials law examined. KU Leuven
Pressures on natural resources, the environment and human health have increased in the past decades and will continue to rise if no changes will come about in many of our current patterns of resource extraction, manufacturing, product use and waste management. To this end, the European Union aims at transforming the Union’s economy from a linear system into a so-called Circular Economy, which is an economy based on a life-cycle approach. ...