PATHWAYS TO A CIRCULAR ECONOMY - Port of Rotterdam

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Adopting circular models creates opportunitiesfor businessThe challenge to stay within and, where necessary, tomove back inside the safe operating spaces of planetarysystems applies to business as well as governments andcommunities. For businesses, this challenge applies bothindividually and collectively to all companies, and for mostthis means more effectively harnessing value chains. It alsomeans continuing to look for opportunities to increaseproductivity along the chain by adding more value at eachstage, and avoiding the generation of waste.In fact, the notion of waste (i.e. by-products that need tobe disposed of) should be replaced by the idea of resourceflows; so that nothing is lost in industrial processes (i.e.everything is reused or transformed). Biological resourcesshould flow from the environment for use in industrialprocesses, and then be safely returned when they are nolonger required. Non-renewable resources should remainin cycles where they are used and reused, without losingtheir value.Circular, not linearThe easiest way for companies to meet this challenge isby shifting their operations from a linear model to a circularmodel (see Figure 2). The linear model is based on thepremise of take, make and use, which generates wastethat must be disposed of at each step of the process. Thecircular model is about optimising systems (i.e. value chains),– Companies need toshift their operationsfrom a linear model toa circular model.12/73PORT OF ROTTERDAM / RABOBANKPATHWAYS TO A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
ather than focusing on just one component in a chain. Inthe circular model, companies make, improve and renew.There are four principles that define the circular economy:1 Minimise the use of inputs and eliminate waste andpollution.2 Maximise the value created at each stage.3 Manage flows of bio-based resources from andback into the biosphere, and recover and retainflows of non-renewable resources in closed loops.4 Establish mutually beneficial relationships betweencompanies within each circular chain.Opportunities, not problemsThe circular economy is about looking for the upside inthe inevitable challenges that businesses are facing.Companies that are already engaged in the concept ofthe circular economy are facing up to these challenges,and in doing so, are finding new opportunities from sharingownership of the production, use and renewal of goodsand services.13/73PORT OF ROTTERDAM / RABOBANKPATHWAYS TO A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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