How do we create a real circular economy? – Waste Management Review

How do we create a real circular economy? – Waste Management Review

Posted on August 9, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling

Mike Ritchie, Managing Director MRA Consultancy Group, delves into resource consumption and the creation of a more circular economy.

Source: How do we create a real circular economy? – Waste Management Review

So what does a circular economy look like? Try this:

“In a circular future, we maximise the use of materials already in the economy and reduce reliance on virgin materials. We do this by designing for longevity, making smart material choices, emphasising repair, reuse, and refilling opportunities and by establishing efficient recycling systems with robust end markets.

All levels of government commit to ‘upstream’ interventions including brave targets, multi-pronged circular policies, financial mechanisms and regulatory instruments.

Industry makes products to last, while consumers value and revalue products throughout their multiple life cycles.

Recycling is part of a circular economy but a circular economy is much more than recycling.” 

 

We have a long way to go in waste volumes, also manufacturers and consumer attitudes to disposing of their ‘waste’.