The Circular Economy Action Plan emphasises the need to move towards a life-cycle-driven ‘circular’ economy, reusing resources as much as possible and bringing residual waste close to zero. This can be facilitated by developing and providing accessto innovative financial instruments and funding for eco-innovation.
In the 2017 Special Eurobarometer on attitudes of EU citizens towards the environment, 79% of Romanians said they were concerned about theeffects of plastic products on the environment. This was the lowest proportion in the EU-28; the average is 87%. In addition, 84%said they were worried about the impact of chemicals (EU-28 average 90%3). There appears to be support for circular economy initiatives and environmental protection actions in the Romanian society, although the extent of this support seems one of the lowest in the EU-28.
In Romania, resource efficiency remains at the same low level as presented in the first EIR report. The circular economy remains underdeveloped, although there is potential in this area, as confirmed by a conference on the subject in the country in autumn 2017. Overall awareness of the circular economy needs to increase.
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