Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The circular economy has long been heralded as an important pathway to sustainable economic ...

It's hard to disagree with the goal of a circular economy. Since resources on Earth are ultimately finite, at some point we will have to make the most of what we build and consume (unless we move to ...

The circular economy allows customers & companies to make choices that positively impact the environment – and measuring that ...

Volatility in commodity markets is making it harder to rely on linear supply chains. Lithium prices, for example, rose by more than 1,000 percent between 2020 and late 2022, before dropping 86 percent ...

Ongoing supply chain instability, rising material costs and renewed tariff tensions are pressuring U.S. manufacturers and retailers to rethink how products are made, tracked and moved. Consumers and ...

We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The "circular economy" offers a different approach: instead of the linear "take-make-waste" ...

BMW is reimagining auto manufacturing with its circular economy strategy—using recycled materials, battery recycling, and ...