Pressing Forward—Developments in the Transition Towards Sustainable Materials Management in EU Environmental Law
Publication date:
2015-01-01
Pages:
511 -
532
ISSN:
978-3-319-26021-1
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing; Switzerland
Author:
de Romph, Thomas
Mauerhofer, Volker
Keywords:
sustainable materials management, circular economy, EU environmental law, life-cycle perspective
Abstract:
The chapter explores the policy and legal developments in the transition towards Sustainable Materials Management in EU environmental law. It discusses the Circular Economy Package and, in view of the package, highlights the opportunities in the application of the life-cycle perspective.