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The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy

The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy

Separating Aspirations from Reality

360dialogues  engaging graphic treatment examines circularity’s promise as a silver bullet for the planet’s problems and finds it wanting.

With engaging visuals, it evaluates the claims from a scientifically informed perspective, illustrating the difference between possible and non-possible solutions for a more sustainable economy and provides a more pragmatic foundation on which to build circular approaches to our economies, industry and society.  

The comic is a condensation of key ideas presented the 5th Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (UBA)  The impossibilities of the Circular Economy – Separating Aspirations from Reality, published in 2022 by Routledge | Taylor&Francis

The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy is used courtesy 360dialogues under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license agreements

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