Circularity Archives - SustMeme

Graphic shows range of facts and statistics around circularity of second-hand market across four retail categories in Greater Southeast Asia.

January 10, 2024 Jim McClelland

Counting carbon savings of shopping second-hand

News: Circular Economy Impact Report for leading re-commerce retailer across SE Asia calculates carbon emissions saved by buying second-hand.

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Men pictured picking up and sorting garbage from the street, beside rusty rubbish skip and lorry full of trash.

May 9, 2023 Jim McClelland

Millions of jobs in circular economy for Global South

News: Circular economy offers job creation worldwide, but report shows research is ignoring the Global South, where most work will be found.

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Based on the work of Bocken et al. (2016), graphic depicts four flows to achieve circular objectives: narrow, slow, regenerate and cycle.

January 18, 2023 Jim McClelland

How can we close the global Circularity Gap?

News: Circularity Gap Report reveals global circularity shrank from 9.1% in 2018, to 7.2% in 2023, due to rising material extraction and use.

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