Circular
The circular economy is not a new idea. Its roots go back to conceptions of Spaceship Earth in the 1960s, eco-balance assessments in the 1970s, industrial ecology in the 1980s, cleaner production and eco-efficiency in the 1990s and cradle to cradle in the 2000s. But it’s really been the Ellen Macarthur Foundation that has made the circular economy widely comprehensible and increasingly scalable. Their definition is incredibly elegant and holistic: 1. Design out waste and pollution; 2. Keep products and materials in use; and 3. Regenerate natural systems. The zero-waste movement has largely neglected regeneration, but now that’s changing.
— Wayne Visser
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Composting
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