If solved
A World Without Waste
Raw materials circulate almost without loss: new products are made mostly from old ones.
Open in the interactive tree →Products are repairable and separable, every part has a material passport, and recyclers recover pure raw materials. Mining would shrink to what growth requires. For this, raw materials would have to become costlier and recycling cheaper.
What it brings
- An economy with stable raw-material demand
- Raw-material security without dependence on a few countries
- Clean oceans and soils