Moving away from the 'take, make, use, discard' approach of linear economic models is essential if the world is to transform to sustainability. Circular economy models design out waste and work to retain value within the supply chains by reusing and recycling materials into products and services.
The Circular Economy Network at ISEP is led by a steering group of members from different sectors of the economy. The role of the steering group is to oversee the delivery of an annual work programme of activities, including webinars, workshops, reports and much more.
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A circular economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life. This presents an obvious solution to the problem of resource scarcity and is key to reducing our carbon emissions from products and services.
A ‘circular’ approach seeks to:
Circular thinking can be applied to organisations’ processes and products to identify new market opportunities and reduce waste costs such as swapping disposable packaging for reusable, returnable packaging. Another example could be enabling and facilitating reuse by modifying the service offering from ‘sale’ to ‘hire’.
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