How to promote the circular economy in Spanish companies?

In a world marked by finite resources, climate change and increasing pollution, more and more specialists are drawing attention to a concept essential for the future of the planet: the circular economy. Unlike the traditional economic model, based on "extract - produce - consume - throw away", the circular economy proposes a system that keeps resources in use as long as possible […]

This impacts the resources we consume: we need more than two and a half times the land area we have to supply our economy. A new model is needed that reduces resource consumption, generates more circular products and production processes, and revalues our waste.

The world's major powers are increasingly aware of the importance of promoting the circular economy to the fullest possible extent. Spain is also immersed in this shared objective between the public and private sectors. However, the data available so far, embodied in the Circular Spain Strategy 2030 prepared by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, reveal that the Spanish economy is essentially linear. A linear structu…

Energy, textiles, tourism and automobiles are some of the sectors that are applying principles such as ecodesign, materials recycling and waste recovery. Read