EXPRA welcomes EP call for Extended Producer Responsibility standards within the Circular Economy

The European Parliamenthas explicitly acknowledged today the primary role that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has to play in the transition towards a circular economy. Voting on MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen’s own initiative report on ‘Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy’, legislators called on the European Commission to set ‘clear minimum standards for extended producer responsibility requirements‘ in a bid to ‘ensure transparency and cost effectiveness‘ of EPR schemes.