Over the past century and a half, industrial growth has been powered by a linear model of extraction, production, use, and ...

The era of linear “take, make, waste” models is over. Today’s leaders are called to adopt sustainable business strategies that go beyond minimizing harm—they must create regenerative systems that ...

The circular economy offers a fresh approach to how we produce and consume, focusing on reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering. It moves us away from the traditional "make, use, discard" model, ...

In our modern world, the traditional economic model has long been "linear": We take raw materials from the earth, make products and eventually dispose of them as waste. This take-make-waste cycle is ...

The current linear production and consumption economic model — labeled by critics as “take-make-waste” — is taking a heavy global environmental toll. The intensive use of primary resources and ...

In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular ...

The circular economy (CE) is touted to have the potential to support the much-needed shift away from the current linear production and consumption economic model. However, many of the discussions on ...

As the 2025/26 club competition season draws to a close, our sustainability work to ensure a positive legacy continues long ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The transformation of the current linear economy into one that is circular and sustainable for the planet’s generations is well within ...

In practice, the implementation of a circular economy often encounters market failures. Can government intervention, as proposed in Enns’ theory, help mitigate these failures? To address this question ...

Driven by government regulations, consumer demand, and the necessity of meeting climate and sustainability targets, societies and businesses have begun the transition toward a circular economy. In a ...

Learn about the EU’s plan to shift to a circular economic model to make Europe cleaner and more competitive. Subscribe to this topic See all explainers on this topic The Earth’s resources are limited.