Romania is in the last place in the European Union in terms of the rate of use of materials, so that less than 2% of them return to the economic circuit, Eurostat data shows. Among the EU countries, the Netherlands has the highest circular use rate of materials, with 30.6%, followed by Italy, with 20.8%and Malta, with 19.8%. The lowest rates were in Romania (1.3%), Ireland (2.3%) and Finland (2.4%). The transition to a circular economy has the role of reducing the pressure on natural resources, limiting greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to climatic neutrality. The circular economy is a model of production and consumption that involves the common use, reuse, repair, renovation and recycling of existing materials and products as long as possible. Thus, the life cycle of the products is extended. One of the Eurostat indicators used to measure the progress of some sustainable consumption and production models is the circular use rate of the materials, which measures the weight of the materials recovered and reintroduced in the economy in the total use of the materials, according to Eurostat. Between 2008 and 2023, the circular use rate of materials in the EU increased from 9.1% to 11.8%. However, since 2016, it has largely stagnated. The EU has set its goal to double the materials used from the waste collected compared to the levels of 2020, at 22.4% by 2030.