The circular economy is a new way of doing things that improves the way we manage waste.

Nothing that is made in a circular economy becomes waste! It’s about keeping valuable resources and materials in the economy and out of the environment.

The circular economy: more value, less waste.

https://Canada.ca/circular-economy


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The equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic waste enters our oceans from land every minute. And it’s getting worse.

If trends continue, by 2030 Canadians will have thrown away 11 billion dollars worth of plastic materials!

That’s a lot of waste. The circular economy provides a solution. It’s a new way of doing things that improves the way we manage waste.

But it’s so much more than that too! It creates business opportunities and protects the environment, by keeping valuable resources and materials in the economy. Nothing that is made in a circular economy becomes waste!Everything from clothing, to electronics, to toothbrushes!

In Canada, if we improve how we manage plastic waste through the circular economy, by 2030, we can:
- reduce 1.8 million tonnes of carbon pollution
- generate billions of dollars in revenue
- and create approximately 42,000 jobs.

In a circular economy, nothing is waste. It’s about keeping valuable resources and materials in the economy and out of the environment—and it just makes sense.

The circular economy, more value less waste.