At the core of the EU circular economy package is waste management. The EU has realized that waste separation，recycling and reuse are able to facilitate the recycling of materials in the economy，thus reducing reliance on raw resources and on foreign countries as well as foreign exchange consumption，and that effective and efficient resources reuse also will make its green industry more competitive globally. The EU circular economy legislation has also inspired China greatly：By shifting of the focus of waste management toward separation-based recycling and reuse，China will not just reduce huge environmental and health risks arising from incineration and other means of end-treatment of mixed waste and thus eliminate social risks such as NYMBY movements，but will also increase public trust in the government due to successful waste separation. This will translate the concept of environmental protection into action involving the whole public and be immeasurably meaningful at a time when the Chinese government values the building of Ecological Civilization.