What is the circular economy? The circular economy is a system where products and materials are shared, leased, reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled instead of being thrown away. This gives them ...

The era of linear “take, make, waste” models is over. Today’s leaders are called to adopt sustainable business strategies that go beyond minimizing harm—they must create regenerative systems that ...

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Technology emerges as a driving force in shaping the Circular Economy in this evolving dance between progress and environmental stewardship. Going beyond models of production and consumption, ...

The current linear production and consumption economic model — labeled by critics as “take-make-waste” — is taking a heavy global environmental toll. The intensive use of primary resources and ...

Eight years ago, Finland became the first country to adopt a national circular economy road map to reduce the material footprint of its national economy. But implementing the actions called for ahead ...

King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The “circular ...

July 16 - As we approach the United Nation’s 30th climate conference, COP30, to be held in Belem, Brazil this November, the need for nations to transition from a linear to a circular economy has never ...

Learn about the EU’s plan to shift to a circular economic model to make Europe cleaner and more competitive. Subscribe to this topic See all explainers on this topic The Earth’s resources are limited.