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CoR Stakeholder Consultation on the EU Chemicals Strategy

  13 January 2021 – The European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) took part in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) stakeholder consultation: “Safe and sustainable chemicals for a toxic-free environment in Europe’s cities and regions”.   The

The EU Chemicals Strategy: a first step for a toxic-free environment in Europe

The New EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability adopted on the 14th of October 2020 is a first concrete step towards the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment announced in the European Green Deal. The Strategy aims to

ECRN vision on Plastics & Chemical Recycling

Over the past fifty years, the global use of plastics has increased twentyfold and is still growing. It is expected to reach up to 1.2 billion tonnes annually by 2050. At the same time, plastic waste is increasingly

ECRN vision for a European Bio-Based Economy

Demand for raw materials is increasing exponentially and there is a risk of resource depletion. In the last 100 years, the world’s population has started using 34 times more materials, 27 times more minerals, 12 times more fossil

ECRN vision on the EU Energy Transition & Hydrogen

As recognised by the EU Hydrogen Strategy, renewable hydrogen is a key component for success in Europe’s energy transition. Hydrogen has various applications across industries and economic sectors and it can be used as a feedstock, fuel, or

Next Generation EU: the New Recovery Plan to reboot the EU economy

On May 27 the European Commission presented a revamped EU long-term budget worth €1.3 trillion and a €750 billion EU recovery programme to push the European economy out of the crisis. The total spending would bring the EU