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Reducing Waste, Water and Material Consumption

Circularity is a concept that reduces waste and resource consumption by maximizing efficiency, circulating resources, and regenerating nature. It is a systems solution framework that addresses global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution.

Tackling Global Challenges.

Earth’s resources are not infinite. Reducing waste, water, and material consumption is one of the most significant societal challenges we must overcome.

In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste – this is a linear process. However, in a circular economy, also known as circularity, we avoid producing waste and consuming resources in the first place, maximize efficiency, circulate resources, and regenerate nature.

Circularity is a systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. The application of the concept extends the lifespan of products, materials, resources, and infrastructure.

Circularity is the most sought-after concept for a sustainable future. Many organizations already incorporate innovative circular principles in their infrastructure projects.

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