Ellen MacArthur Foundation, dedicated to the circular economy research, estimates that European Union could save 480.000 millions of euro per year, if they follow this economic model. It is a question of optimizing resources, and it is about material, energy and waste efficiency. The European Union based its strategy of Europe 2020, in these principles. They want society to evolution towards loop concept, where it is important to recycle, to reduce waste and where resources are used in an efficiency way. It is essential to start with an eco design of the product and its packaging. There are some sectors of activity that should be especially careful with energy efficiency, and waste management. Recovery industry and waste management are loop business models, their main goal is to recollect, treat, and recover waste in an efficiency way, they turn waste into raw material again for re-used. It means that waste is re-use as a material in production, so they avoid to… read more →
