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https://theprogressplaybook.com/2023/12/13/how-the-netherlands-built-a-thriving-circular-economy/>
"The Netherlands is pulling even further ahead of its peers in the shift to a
recycling-driven circular economy, new data shows.
According to the European Commission’s statistics office, 27.5% of the material
resources used in the country come from recycled waste.
For context, Belgium is a distant second, with a “circularity rate” of 22.2%,
while the EU average is 11.5% – a mere 0.8 percentage point increase from 2010.
“We are a frontrunner, but we have a very long way to go still, and we’re fully
aware of that,” Martijn Tak, a policy advisor in the Dutch ministry of
infrastructure and water management, tells
The Progress Playbook.
The Netherlands aims to halve the use of primary abiotic raw materials by 2030
and run the economy entirely on recycled materials by 2050. Amsterdam, a
pioneer of the “doughnut economics” concept, is behind much of the progress."
Via
Positive.News
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
