Phosphorus recycling and new EU Circular Economy Act

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, plans an ambitious EU Circular Economy Act. Her mission letter for the new Commissioner for “Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy”, Jessika Roswall, specifies that the new Circular Economy Act should include measures to create market demand for secondary materials and a single market for waste, especially for critical raw materials. Phosphorus is on the EU Critical Raw Material List since 2014, confirmed in the EU Critical Raw Materials Act 2024.