Zero Waste Europe calls for the Circular Economy Act, planned in 2026, to toughen chemical policy

"The chemical policy of the EU should be taken into account within the Circular Economy Act in order to avoid a future health crisis": this is the main recommendation of a report released by Zero Waste Europe, a Brussels-based NGO, calling for the Circular Economy Act, to be announced in 2026, to toughen the European chemical policy.

"It is difficult to understand why, after decades of mounting evidence about our exposure to highly hazardous chemicals and their impact on our health, so little action has been taken, states Dorota Napierska, Toxic-Free Circular Economy Policy Officer at Zero Waste Europe. Safer chemicals and a high level of transparency should automatically be integrated into new policy regulations, in order to benefit our health and economic security. We cannot build a future-proof, circular economy, while simultaneously harming society."

The report makes two main recommendations towards a strong Circular Economy Act:

• Increasing chemical transparency and traceability along the value chain, to tackle the chemical exposure of humans and material contamination.
• Putting…