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From Linear to Circular: Making the Shift to Foster Growth and Sustainability
In the past six years, the global population has consumed more than 500 billion metric tons of materials, nearly the same volume as consumed during the entire 20th century.1 An analysis by the Circle Economy Foundation and Deloitte UK finds that boundaries have already been exceeded in six of the nine areas that represent safe operating spaces for the planet’s key biophysical processes.2 These planetary boundaries include areas such as climate change, land system change, nitrogen and phosphorous cycling, ocean acidification, fresh-water use, and aerosol loading.
“Circularity is one of the most powerful tools in our toolbox to help reverse some of these effects and stay within planetary boundaries while driving significant commercial and social value,” says David Rakowski, a partner and global circularity leader with Deloitte UK, during a webcast to discuss how companies can begin scaling a move to a circular economy.
The global economy can be described as predominantly linear, where organizations take the resources they need to make products that eventually become waste largely ending up landfilled or incinerated. In a circular economy, organizations would reduce their use of materials, reuse them, and recycle and recover materials and products repeatedly, extending their life.
