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.