The European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevičius, said the need to develop a circular economy had become even more pressing since the Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday 12 May, when he addressed the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
"The consequences of the pandemic have made the benefits of a more circular economy even more tangible and easier to grasp", he said in his opening speech. He added, "Had circular economy not...