Urban areas are critical for resource efficiency and circular construction. With half of all extracted materials and energy, and one third of the total waste generated, the construction sector is one of the greatest stake in the European Union’s (EU) efforts to make its economy circular. The European Commission has undertaken specific initiatives to promote a more efficient use of resources in the construction sector through a better management of construction and demolition waste. The Circular Economy Package has impulsed measures requiring construction sector stakeholders to mainstream the re-use, recycling and recovery of construction and demolition waste. In the short and medium term, the management of raw materials and waste in construction should be improved by intensifying the necessary actions for saving non-renewable natural resources and for recovering waste not merely in volume but in value as well.