While the circular economy holds great economic, social and environmental potential, our current system is stacked against it. It’s time for producer ownership. In this economic model, producers are or act like owners of their products, during and after the use of the product by the customer. This could transform our economic system at the scale and speed required to achieve a circular economy. This report makes the case for establishing producer ownership schemes in the EU, based on the business opportunities this will yield across plastic packaging, apparel textiles and electric and electronic equipment.