‘Circular’ economy could give Irish firms an advantage: report

Ireland is not fully maximising the growing business and social enterprise emerging from the “circular” economy, it is claimed.

The National Economic and Social Council will today release a report which finds that, while there is “momentum” in the circular economy more needs to be done to build upon that momentum.

A circular economy is one in which resources are kept in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them while in use, then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of each service life.