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Europe is not on track to halve non-recycled municipal waste by 2030

The European Union (EU) circular economy action plan aims to halve the amount of municipal waste in the EU that is not recycled by 2030. According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, achieving this target requires both reducing waste generation and considerably increasing recycling, possibly even beyond the binding recycling target of […]

Euro area monthly balance of payments: February 2022

Current account recorded €21 billion surplus in February 2022, down from €22 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €253 billion (2.1% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to February 2022, down from €271 billion (2.4%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €588 […]