What we need to do is maximise recycling and design lasting products that can be exchanged, reused, repaired, reproduced and, only at the end, recycled. planets like Earth required to maintain the current lifestyles of the global population in 2050 60% the percentage of all materials consumed in Europe in 2015 which were not recovered, re-used or recycled 1 trillion dollars the value of food wasted every year globally, equal to around 6% of global GDP 700 billion dollars annual global savings estimated in the consumer goods sector, with a circular economy model 14% percentage of plastic recycled globally in 2016 7% estimated growth of European GDP between 2015 and 2030 related to the spreading of circular economy The European strategy to guide the transition The European circular economy package sets out some ambitious measures for the entire lifecycle of products: from production and consumption to waste management and the secondary raw materials market.