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Circular Snapshots: EU policy breakthrough

Circular Snapshots: EU policy breakthrough

Update: 2025-09-23
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It was a busy summer for the circular economy. In this episode, Seb brings you up to speed with some of the headlines and all in less than 10 minutes!

Listen in to hear about:

- The latest EU policy breakthrough: EPR for textiles

- How new business models continue to gain traction across the retail sector

- Why a group is advocating to scrap VAT on repairs in the UK

- Why all of the news around critical minerals makes the circular economy an even more urgent solution around the world

- What happened at the latest round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Geneva

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Explore the articles Seb mentioned in this episode:

1) EPR in EU (Vogue Business)

2) Wider circular economy momentum in retail (The Conversation | BBC News | Trellis

3) VAT on repair (The Guardian)

4) Critical minerals geopolitics (circular economy link) (BBC News | Hindustan Times  | BBC News)

5) What plastics treaty talks mean for circular economy and high ambition countries and businesses (BBC News)

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Circular Snapshots: EU policy breakthrough

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