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Waste has been generating environmental problems for a long time, but some, such as packaging and plastics, have a proven utility (as we are verifying during the coronavirus epidemic); justifying the intervention of the Law. This regulation has evolved according to the perception of the environmental problems posed by waste, packaging and plastics; specifically, from the idea of "produce, use and throw away" it has moved to the circular economy. The work analyzes this normative evolution in the European Union and in Spain, from the original regulation to the current one, which already incorporates the philosophy of the circular economy, mainly in relation to plastics, and particularly at the national level, with projects and standards new in this matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Green Pact (European Green Deal) constitutes the most ambitious plan in history in environmental and sustainability matters, both for the objectives set and for the planned funding, and aims to place the European Union in a position of world leadership in the field, although the coronavirus crisis generated in China and spreading rapidly throughout the world produces certain uncertainties for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]