Circularity

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

Related topics

• Reusable, upcycle, recyclable or compostable?

Types of circularity

• reduce
• reuse
• recycle
• renew.

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)

Related topics

• Waste
  • Landfill (waste dump)
  • Incineration: A waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials
    • Waste-to-energy?
• Re-use
  • Re-wear (fastion/clothing)

Documents & External links

• Amcor on Recycling info on Packaging
• Cradle to Cradle