The delay of thecircular economy based on the recovery of materials and their reuse in new production processes. The raw materials crisis weighs heavily on the high-tech sector. In recent years, Europe has imported copper, lithium and cobalt at high prices, contributing to mining activities, with theto deliver of the waste. The circularity percentage decreased by 0.5% between 2018 and 2020. Today, we recover only 8.6% of the resources we steal from the Earth each year.
To keep the situation particularly positive about the circular economy, theItaly. It performed well compared to its European competitors. The consumption of materials per capita is 7.4 tons of materials per year. In Italy, the circular usage rate reached 21.6% in 2020, overtaking France and Germany. Also in 2020, the Italian economy was the only one to record a record increase in productivity of resources. These are remarkable results, but not enough to overcome the current crisis in the system. Italy is a system almost devoid of raw materials for advanced industry.
More attention should be paid to the design of durable products, to circularity in production processes. Moreover, even in the most resource-intensive sectors with a high environmental impact. The Pnrr funds will help finance the circular economy for €2.1 billion, with investments destined to grow. Pending the publication of the tenders, there are at least three objectives that Cen is requesting from the government as financial priorities.
First of all, we think it is important to strengthen the Transition 4.0 tax credit, to support business investments in the direction of the circular economy. It is also necessary to expand and strengthen tax incentives for the use of recycled materials. Finally, we must intervene with a review of the environmental tax system on waste, encouraging separate collection and recycling and discouraging landfills, so that virtuous citizens and municipalities pay less.
Edo Ronchi, President of Cen, Circular Economy Network
Source: Lega Nerd
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