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Circular economy explained

What does the circular economycircular economyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. look like? Joe Iles and Ellen MacArthur talk through the Foundation's butterfly diagram including examples of repairrepairOperation by which a faulty or broken product or component is returned back to a usable state to fulfil its intended use., remanufacturing, sharingsharingThe use of a product by multiple users. It is a practice that retains the highest value of a product by extending its use period., and the importance of distinguishing between biological and technical cycles.

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Podcast: What is the circular economy?

Ellen MacArthur discusses a range of topics in a conversation about the circular economy.

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