Moving towards a circular economy (short version)

The EU adopted new initiatives to increase the level of recycling and moving towards a circular economy. ec.europa.eu/environment/circu...
Circular economy is a system that optimizes the flow of goods and services to get the most out of raw materials and cuts waste to the absolute minimum.
Using resources more efficiently will bring new growth and job opportunities.

[@BloodnutXcom]

Simply push for businesses to implement a trade-in system and voila - circular economy.

[@Macrocompassion]

Actually a circular economy has a different meaning and it refers to the way our money is used and circulates between earner and spender, producer, bank, investor, builder, worker etc., whilst for it to stop in this cycle would allow its value to fail to earn interest.

[@muhsinayamon2562]

we are part of stepping into circular economy

[@elenachristian9860]

I just buy jeans second hand . But recycling the denim is smart.

[@Macrocompassion]

A new circular economy of re-cycling used materials is likely to be more costly than if the materials were thrown away and fresh materials used. That's why there is so much pollution and it only when the cost of the trouble caused by the waste is greater than new materials does the world have a chance of recovery. Perhaps the whales and other sea mammals can learn to charge rubbish dumping countries for what they are having to try to digest, with such dire results, recently publicised.

[@koshowulf]

What about the environmental cost for transporting the recycled materials?

[@vancylife3288]

I imagine it'd be no worse than the transportation process already in place for shipping raw materials and products around for the different stages of production, if not lesser.