Circular Economy: How we design, produce, use and discard products impacts our economy

The language used in the announcement from the Department of the Environment on Tuesday evening was not of the type that grabs headlines, with talk of a general scheme, a circular economy and a “whole-of-Government” approach.
However, the Circular Economy Bill 2021, after it becomes law and after it starts to be implemented, will change everything – from the way a product is made, used and reused, and to the way it can and must be recycled.
By 2030, if this works, the average member of the Irish public will pay homage to the circular economy routinely by buying products that last, that can be reused and repaired, and that leave no waste behind when they are finished.
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If the school strikes, Extinction Rebellion movement, Greta Thunberg
and David Attenborough haven’t yet had an impact, then surely the
uncontrollable fires in the Amazon and Australia must have hit home that
the climate crisis needs action from everyone right now.