Overview
Circular economy represents economic systems designed to eliminate waste through continuous resource cycling, enabling more sustainable economic activity through elimination of waste and continuous resource reuse.Examples
- Product design for disassembly and material recovery
- Industrial symbiosis where waste from one process feeds another
- Service-based business models that retain product ownership
What is a Circular Economy?
Economic systems designed to eliminate waste through continuous resource cycling. Unlike linear 'take-make-dispose' models, circular economies keep resources in use for as long as possible.
Why Circular Economics?
Enables more sustainable economic activity through elimination of waste and continuous resource reuse. Circular models reduce environmental impact while often creating new economic opportunities.
How to Implement Circular Economy Principles
Through design of products and systems that enable multiple use cycles and resource recovery. This requires rethinking product design, business models, and infrastructure systems. The practice of spolia represents an early form of circular economy thinking.