Circular Economy Act - Circular economy and responsible resource consumption within planetary boundaries - Related links

European Commission

• EC initiative: Circular Economy Act (2025)
• Launch of the consultation and call for evidence for upcoming Circular Economy Act (2025)
• Topic: Circular Economy (2025)
• New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020)
• Revised Monitoring Framework for the Circular Economy (2023)
• Monitoring Framework CE - Key indicators for a revised monitoring framework (2023)
• Circular Economy Action Plan in a nutshell (2020)
• Leading the way to a global circular economy - Publications Office of the EU (2020)
• Critical Raw Materials Act - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (2024)
• Research Executive Agency News: A more robust bioeconomy could help the EU accelerate its progress towards a circular and low-carbon economy (2023)

European Parliament

• Circular economy act - Briefing (2026)
• Topic: Circular Economy
• New circular economy action plan (2024)
• Circular economy: definition, importance and benefits (2023)
• Strategy for Secondary Raw Materials (2019)

Council of the European Union

• Topic: Circular Economy (2025)
• Council urges accelerated transition for a climate-resilient and circular Europe by 2030 (16 December 2025)
• Council approves conclusions on making the recovery circular and green (17 December 2020)
• The circular economy explained - Consilium (2025)
• Press releases and statements on Circular Economy

Committee of the Regions

• The role of local and regional authorities in the transition towards a circular economy (2024)

Other links

• European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP):
  • ECESP Coordination Group members' contributions to the CEA call for evidence (December 2025)
  • Employment in the Circular Economy
  • Position paper: Revising the EU Bioeconomy Strategy - Aligning the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy at EU and National Level
  • Circular Economy Act – How to create well-functioning markets for secondary materials? (2025)
• European Environmental Agency: 
  • Europe´s Environment 2025 - Main report, chapter 4: Circular economy and other enablers of transformative change: overview (2025)
  • Circular economy (2025)
  • Briefing: Assessing the climate mitigation potential of circular economy (2026)
  • Europe’s circular economy in facts and figures (2024)
  • Accelerating the circular economy in Europe (2023)
  • Investigating Europe′s secondary raw material markets (2022)
  • The circular economy and the bioeconomy - Partners in sustainability (2018)
• Irish Government Circular Economy Strategy 2026-2028: Accelerating Action
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Joint letter on the EU Circular Economy Act (2025)
• European Bioeconomy Alliance: 
  • The Bioeconomy Blueprint: Building a circular and resilient Europe (2023)
  • Fostering a circular economy which is resource efficient (>2021)
• Eurostat:
  • Circular Economy Overview
  • Circular Economy Monitoring Framework
  • Circular economy - material flows
• European Investment Bank:
  • Investment field: Circular economy
  • Circular economy: Overview 2024
  • The circular economy in motion (2024)
  • The EIB circular economy guide (2023)
• UN environment program: Circular Economy: from indicators and data to policy-making (2024)
• IEEP: The Circular Economy Act, material consumption, targets and secondary material use (2025)
• Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour: Consultation on the Circular Economy Act (2026)