LIFE and the Circular economy

LIFE - the EU financial instrument supporting environmental, nature conservation and climate action - is playing an important role in supporting the transition to a circular economy. 
This publication features more than 100 LIFE projects that illustrate how the circular economy works in practice. These projects have mobilised some €270 million in favour of the circular economy, and the EU has contributed more than €110 million of this total. For instance, LIFE has helped to increase citizens’ awareness and to establish new processes for preventing waste. LIFE has also contributed to ‘closing the loop’ upstream in areas such as product design, new production processes, consumer awareness and new value chains.