What is the circular economy? The circular economy is a system where products and materials are shared, leased, reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled instead of being thrown away. This gives them ...

The era of linear “take, make, waste” models is over. Today’s leaders are called to adopt sustainable business strategies that go beyond minimizing harm—they must create regenerative systems that ...

Volatility in commodity markets is making it harder to rely on linear supply chains. Lithium prices, for example, rose by more than 1,000 percent between 2020 and late 2022, before dropping 86 percent ...

Technology emerges as a driving force in shaping the Circular Economy in this evolving dance between progress and environmental stewardship. Going beyond models of production and consumption, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Consumer electronics have revolutionized the world in multiple ways. They enable better communication across the globe, can enhance our ...

The current linear production and consumption economic model — labeled by critics as “take-make-waste” — is taking a heavy global environmental toll. The intensive use of primary resources and ...

Eight years ago, Finland became the first country to adopt a national circular economy road map to reduce the material footprint of its national economy. But implementing the actions called for ahead ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Department of Management at LSE. We live in a world of finite resources and face unprecedented environmental challenges. The ...

King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The “circular ...

Learn about the EU’s plan to shift to a circular economic model to make Europe cleaner and more competitive. Subscribe to this topic See all explainers on this topic The Earth’s resources are limited.