Explain the three circular economy principles and use them to reframe a work problem upstream.
Circular economy starts upstream. If your first question is how to dispose of something better, you are already working too late in the system. The circular economy is built on three connected principles. Eliminate waste and pollution This is the first filter because waste and pollution are usually consequences of design choices, not accidents. Mixed materials, unnecessary packaging layers, toxic additives, and single-use assumptions all lock future teams into expensive recovery work. Circulate products and materials at their highest value Once the design is cleaner, the next job is keeping value in play. Maintenance, reuse, repair, refurbishment, and remanufacture usually…
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