Following up on landfills, planned obsolescence, and the right to repair, a circular economy offers a world where thoughtfully designed goods and their packaging result in practically no waste. Requiring a system overhaul unlikely to happen, in Part I of this segment on regenerative economy, Jorden and Kimberly focus on what we can take away from the challenges of shifting to a circular economy.
Key Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:
Just how many Rs we should be practicing
How a circular economy is like an inverted pyramid connected to an inverted Q
Why pursuing a circular economy is like replacing the entire hull of a ship at sea
Why the world needs to reuse a whole lot more than the measly current 9%
How waste streams around the world keep the system in stasis
Why integrating a circular economy is unlikely to happen, but worth pursuing
Recommended Resources
About a circular economy, with visuals!
About Germany’s Green Dot system and the Eurostat data
The WEF details of a circular economy
The ambitious 10 R’s of a circular economy
The 7 pillars of the circular economy
Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post
