Nutrient proposals for the new EU Circular Economy Act and CAP

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, an ambitious EU Circular Economy Act, to follow the second Circular Economy Action Plan (March 2020), replacing this Commission document by a regulatory act. Ms von der Leyen’s mission letter for the new Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall, specifies that the new Circular Economy Act should include measures to create market demand for secondary materials and a single market for waste, especially for critical raw materials (phosphate rock is on the EU Critical Raw Material List since 2014, confirmed in the EU Critical Raw Materials Act 2024). ESPP will develop proposals for nutrients in this expected new Act

The Common Agricultural Policy represents over 40% of the EU budget. The current CAP runs from 2023 to 2027. An interim evaluation report is expected in 2025. ESPP will develop proposals for integrating nutrient management (including the Green Deal and UNEP Biodiversity Convention 50% nutrient loss reduction objective) and nutrient recycling into the future CAP revision.

Two day meeting to discuss these two important policies and to develop proposals to input to the European Commission. 21-22 January 2025, Brussels and online.

• Targets for Phosphorus “Reuse & Recycling” under the revised Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Jan. 2024, v4_10_24)
• Market pull policies to support nutrient recycling (Jan. 2024, v4_10_24)
• Circular Economy perspectives for EU water policy and for the Sewage Sludge Directive 14_10_24
• ESPP input to Nenuphar questionnaire on EU policies on nutrient management 7_10_24

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Host or Publisher ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform)