How to detoxify the circular economy

A well-designed circular economy will offer many benefits for consumers, such as more durable consumer goods and novel services. But a circular economy also presents new challenges for consumer safety. Many of today’s products contain chemicals that were legal when first manufactured but are now either restricted or banned. Increased materials recycling could give these chemicals a second lease on life in consumers’ homes. The EU needs to develop an ambitious framework governing chemicals in recycled materials.