The Wealth from Waste cluster has launched the report ‘Australian Opportunities in a Circular Economy for Metals: Findings of the Wealth from Waste Cluster’. This report draws together the key findings from the five universities, highlighting the significant local and global opportunities for a circular economy for metals in Australia. The research highlights the key resource data, technological innovations, novel business models, and policy change needed to help overcome the barriers to a future circular economy and charts a pathway forward for industry, government and researchers. The report was launched at the Powering the change to a circular economy conference in Adelaide on November 16 and is now available to download here.
"Companies such as ours are beginning to see the benefits of making a product good from the start. Through design and innovation we make products that deliver outstanding value in design and functionality and thus contribute to people's health and wellbeing,"- Alexander Collot d'Escury (CEO of global carpets, carpet tiles and sports pitches company Desso).
