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Circularity

What is the principle of circularity? Circularity is the economic principle of sharing, repairing, refurbishing, recycling, remanufacturing and reusing as much as possible to minimize waste and the extraction & creation of virgin materials

Part of any material that can be recycled (or re-used), the recyclability of a material

Recycled vs Virgin materials

Recycled materials informs about the part of any material that is made from recycled materials.

Recyclability

Materials are recyclable if it can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item. This is about the part of a material that can be recycled.

Actual Recycled

While many materials can be (partly) recycled, not everything actually gets recycled.

Upcycle

Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life. Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware

DataPoints related to recycling/circularity

RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: Weight)
RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)
RecyclableMaterialsWeight (UnitDomain: Weight)
RecyclebaleMaterialsPercentage (Unit: %)
ReclycableDegratePercentage (Unit: %)
RecycledMaterialsActualWeight (UnitDomain: Weight)

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 '''What is the principle of circularity?'''
-Circularity is the economic principle of sharing, repairing, refurbishing, recycling, remanufacturing and reusing as much as possible to minimise waste and the extraction & creation of virgin materials
+Circularity is the economic principle of sharing, repairing, refurbishing, recycling, remanufacturing and reusing as much as possible to minimize waste and the extraction & creation of virgin materials
 * Part of any material that can be recycled (or re-used), the recyclability of a material
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 Recycled [[material|materials]] informs about the part of any material that is made from recycled materials.
-The DataPoints are
+===Recyclability===
-* RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: [[UnitDomain_Weight|Weight]])
+Materials are recyclable if it can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item. This is about the part of a [[material|material]] that can be recycled.
-* RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)
-===Recyclability===
+==Actual Recycled==
-Materials are recyclable if it can be collected, sorted, reprocessed, and ultimately reused in manufacturing or making another item.
+While many materials can be (partly) recycled, not everything actually gets recycled.
-This is about the part of a [[material|material]] that can be recycled.
+==Upcycle==
+Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life. Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware
-DataPoints
+===DataPoints related to recycling/circularity===
+* RecycledMaterialsUsedWeight (UnitDomain: [[UnitDomain_Weight|Weight]])
+* RecycledMaterialsUsedPercentage (Unit: %)
 * RecyclableMaterialsWeight (UnitDomain: [[UnitDomain_Weight|Weight]])
 * RecyclebaleMaterialsPercentage (Unit: %)
 * ReclycableDegratePercentage (Unit: %)
-==Actual Recycled==
-While many materials can be (partly) recylced, not everything actually gets recycled.
-DataPoints
 * RecycledMaterialsActualWeight (UnitDomain: [[UnitDomain_Weight|Weight]])
-==Upcycle==
-Reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Upcycling basically provides things a second existence, it revives the object but with a higher user value than what it had in its previous life.
-Upcycled objects include everyday items such as furniture, ceramic materials, cans, clothing, and glassware