April 17, 2021 9:00 am The government has published a draft strategy on how Ireland can transition to a ‘circular economy’, and is inviting businesses, communities and citizens to contribute their views through a public consultation. The draft strategy sets out what a circular economy is, why Ireland needs to achieve it and how national policy will develop to support that goal, according to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. It has five key objectives: To provide a national policy framework for Ireland’s transition to a circular economy; To support and implement measures that significantly reduce Ireland’s circularity gap, in both absolute terms, and in comparison with other EU member states, so that Ireland’s rate is above the EU average by 2030;