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Spotlight on the circular economy – targeting sustainable development by ‘closing the loop’ - M&G Investments

M&G's current “take, make and dispose” approach to economic activity is reaching its limits - ‘closing the loop’ offers a potential solution to some of its challenges.

Posted on Oct 14, 2019

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Key takeaways:

  • Since the start of the industrial era, linear economic models have dominated the global economy, with resources typically extracted, used, and then disposed of as waste.
  • Moving to a more circular economy, where waste from production and consumption becomes a resource to be recycled, repaired and reused, offers a potential alternative.
  • Where companies successfully embrace the circular economy, they should be better positioned to tap in to long-term trends like this and deliver competitive returns for their investors.

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