Circular Economy

Within a Circular Economy we stop producing waste, contrary to the current economy, which is linear and discards, at the end of the useful life cycle, the products it manufactures from the materials it takes from the Earth

The Circular Economy is based on three key factors:

1. Eliminate debris and contamination.

2. Circulation of products and materials at their highest value.

3. Recovery of nature.

It is an ally of Renewable Energies and recyclable materials, allowing the prolonged consumption of finite planetary resources. It is an economic system that provides high benefits to businesses, people and the environment.

It provides solutions to challenges such as global warming, pollution, waste, and biodiversity loss.

It transforms the entire process of producing and consuming, from how we make and use each product, to what we then do with the materials at the end of the product's life cycle.

Through the Circular Economy, local, national and international GDP, employment and resilience increase, greenhouse gases, pollution and waste are reduced.

1. Eliminate debris and contamination.

We make products and throw them away, they end up in landfills or incinerators and the materials are lost. In the long term the system is unsustainable, because the planet has finite resources.

The problem of waste that cannot be recycled or composted is a problem of starting design, conception of production and use. Using design positively we can make used product materials re-enter the production circuit within a Circular Market Economy. Eliminating the waste effect. So we can remanufacture, reuse and recycle.

Many companies are already using reusable packaging. Using the upstream design we can neutralize waste. This new way of producing is allowing significant energy and natural resource savings in production processes around the world.

2. Circulation of products and materials at their highest value.

It is about keeping materials in continuous use as components or raw materials. Through the technical cycle, consisting of the processes through which products and materials flow to maintain their highest possible value at all times, and the biological cycle, which regenerates natural capital through processes such as composting and anaerobic digestion.

Through the technical cycle, materials are recycled, remanufactured, reused and repaired, through the biological cycle they are returned to the earth. For success, the circular design of origin in all products is essential, so that they can be reused or recycled.

3. Recovery of nature.

By avoiding waste we cooperate with the regeneration of the natural environment. We went from the concept of extraction to that of regeneration, building natural capital. We use organic farming practices to facilitate the reconstruction of soils and prevent them from running out of nutrients. We avoid waste, with which human beings have interfered with the planet's natural regeneration cycles.

Circular agricultural practices allow reducing the dependence on polluting and degrading synthetic inputs of soils. This allows soils to absorb more carbon and stop emitting it, retain more water, reducing droughts and flood risks. Within this pattern of changes, agroecology, agroconservation and agroforestry are key. The result is ecosystems with small native forests and grasslands, where biodiversity increases.

By applying the concepts of Circular Economy, the food industry can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50%. The regeneration of nature is also applicable to marine resources. Marine farms can boost biodiversity and reinsure it.