Circular Economy in India : Critical Imperative to Ensure a Sustainable Future - By Sharmila Senthil Kumar

A circular economy involves reusing products, rather than scrapping them and then extracting new resources. In a circular economic model, all forms of waste are returned to the economy or used more efficiently. Such an approach offers a way to not only protect the environment, but use natural resources more wisely, develop new sectors, create jobs and develop new capabilities.

Further, the shift to a circular economy goes beyond recycling and reusing materials. It is a call to evaluate the environmental impact of products and their components from the initial concept stage through to end-use. In a circular economy, waste streams ....