{"id":117129,"date":"2025-02-20T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?post_type=library&#038;p=117129"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:17:58","slug":"prevention-is-better-than-cure-how-circularity-can-put-europe-ahead-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/library\/prevention-is-better-than-cure-how-circularity-can-put-europe-ahead-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention is better than cure: how circularity can put Europe ahead of the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the European Commission gears up to deliver a new Circular Economy Act, in a political context characterised by the pursuit of &#8216;competitiveness&#8217;, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) charts the path to a truly circular economy that benefits people and businesses at the lowest environmental cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If done right, c<span data-contrast=\"auto\">ircularity policies can help the EU <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> reconcile resource consumption with planetary boundaries, reduce material dependencies, decarbonise the economy, and create opportunities for innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">True circularity starts with prevention and with making the sustainable choice the easy choice for people and businesses: the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">greatest economic and environmental benefits can be gained by acting early in the process, before products and materials turn into waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-117130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-133x75.png 133w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Waste-hierarchy-visual-for-CE-Act-paper-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":117150,"template":"","library_category":[422,421,414,424],"library_tags":[456],"class_list":["post-117129","library","type-library","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_category-circular-economy","library_category-product-policy","library_category-resource-efficiency","library_category-waste-and-recycling","library_tags-position"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/117129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_category?post=117129"},{"taxonomy":"library_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_tags?post=117129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}