The Circular Economy Global Sector Best Practices series aims to provide a starting point, background resource, and rich reference source for future efforts to engage Canadian firms and innovators in the journey towards a circular economy, and to build sector-based roadmaps to a circular economy in Canada.
Twelve core strategies for rethinking resource consumption and optimizing the use of resources to transition to a circular economy are detailed in the Introduction to the series. Real-world practices supporting these strategies have been catalogued for seven sectors, each profiled in its own document:
The plastic sector is explored in this report. It begins with an outline of the economic and environmental importance of the sector, including data on economic potential of waste resources where available.
READ THE INTRODUCTION: Background Materials for Circular Economy Sectoral Roadmaps
READ PART ONE: Minerals and Metals
READ PART TWO: Electronics
READ PART THREE: Agri-Food
READ PART FOUR: Construction
READ PART FIVE: Plastics
READ PART SIX: Bioeconomy
READ PART SEVEN: Automotive Manufacturing
