In today's economy, we take materials from the Earth, manufacture products from them, and eventually discard them as waste - the process is linear. In a circular economy, on the other hand, we prevent waste from being created in the first place. A circular economy separates economic activity from the use of limited resources. It is a robust system that benefits business, people, and the environment. The first circular economy principle is to eliminate waste and pollution. Our economy currently operates on a take-make-waste basis. Many products on the market have no next step after they are used.

We shift the emphasis from extraction to regeneration by shifting our economy from linear to circular. Instead of continuously degrading nature, we invest in it. We farm in a way that allows nature to rebuild soils, increase biodiversity, and return biological materials to the earth. The majority of these materials are currently lost after use, and the land used to grow them is depleted of nutrients. The goal of regenerative food production is to improve soil health. By reducing reliance on synthetic inputs and cultivating healthy soils that absorb rather than release carbon, regenerative farming practices can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production. As environmental stewards, we are responsible for preserving and protecting our resources for ourselves and future generations. The more we recycle, the less waste ends up in landfills and incinerators. We can save money and energy by reusing aluminum, paper, glass, plastics, and other materials, while also reducing the environmental impact of their extraction and processing. Everything comes back to us.

Recycling trickles down to one person acting. Your recyclable waste material can be used to create new products. Recycling is beneficial to our environment, communities, and economy.  Recycling, in a broad sense, is part of an ethic of resource efficiency - of using products to their full potential. Natural resources and energy are conserved when recycled materials are used to make new products rather than raw materials. Because recycled materials have already been refined and processed once, the second manufacturing process is much cleaner and less energy-intensive than the first. Manufacturing with recycled aluminum cans, for example, uses 95 percent less energy than producing the same amount of aluminum with bauxite. Investments in recycling collection help to support a robust and diverse recycling manufacturing industry, which creates jobs and pays well in states and municipalities. Ian Ellison, the Senior Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership once said, “I am frightened that my generation will be the first generation in the world which will leave my children and grandchildren an earth which they might never be able to fix, creating in the developing countries a cleaner environment is game-changing to the whole future of our people,” to avoid such a scenario, we ought to embrace resource recirculation and Circular Economy.