THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY & THE GREAT RECOVERY

• WHAT IS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

Looking beyond the current take-make-waste extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits.

It entails gradually decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources, and designing waste out of the system.

Underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources, the circular model builds economic, natural, and social capital.

It is based on three principles:

View the circular economy system diagram

(TEXT FROM THE ELLEN MACARTHER FOUNDATION WEBSITE- LINKED HERE)

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• ELEMENTS USED IN A MOBILE PHONE

• THE CIRCULAR DESIGN GUIDE

• FURTHER RESOURCES

• CIRCULYTICS