A CAP for zero-pollution and a circular economy

Categories: Chemicals, Circular Economy, Farming, Nature & Agriculture, Soil, Water

Types: Briefing

Published: 8 September 2020

Size: 2.24 MB

Intensive agriculture is polluting our environment and depleting natural resources but a cleaner, sustainable, and circular farming system is possible.

The EU is committed to a “zero pollution ambition”, recognising the need “to better monitor, report, prevent and remedy pollution from air, water, soil”. Agriculture is central to this commitment.

This is one of three briefings from the EEB detailing how the CAP can made to work for people and nature. Read the others in our library:

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