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it was great to work with you guys

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short but sweet feedback on our work

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software - Canva

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software - Canva

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for task 11

https://www.canva.com/design/DAD790Oo-5s/atjfuJfNIiURVL7Z9CNs2A/edit

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software - Canva

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Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software - Canva

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this short comix is a part of our CE project marketing activities -
target group:
lower and higher secondary school students

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Elena Fedi, Italy

Snjezana Maric- Croatia

Vesna Šimić - Croatia

Gordana Pešić - Serbia

Leonor Alves- Portugal

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Circular economy introduction

In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste - the process is linear. In a circular economy, by contrast, we stop waste being produced in the first place.

The circular economy is based on three principles, driven by design:

It is underpinned by a transition to renewable energy and materials. A circular economy decouples economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. It is a resilient system that is good for business, people and the environment.

The circular economy is a systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution.

We must transform every element of our take-make-waste system: how we manage resources, how we make and use products, and what we do with the materials afterwards. Only then can we create a thriving circular economy that can benefit everyone within the limits of our planet.

A way to transform our system

What will it take to transform our throwaway economy into one where waste is eliminated, resources are circulated, and nature is regenerated?

The circular economy gives us the tools to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, while addressing important social needs.

It gives us the power to grow prosperity, jobs, and resilience while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, waste, and pollution.

How the circular economy works

Get the basics or explore the circular economy in detail.

Circular economy principles

A circular economy is based on three principles, all driven by design.

Circular economy examples

See the circular economy in action with these case studies from brands, businesses and policy makers.

Apeel

thredUP

Natura Brazil

Working with nature to make food last longer

Apeel is a company that has come up with an innovative way to eliminate single-use shrink wrap plastic packaging on fresh fruit and veg, while at the same time tackling food waste.

Apeel is a layer of edible, plant-based coating applied to fresh products that mimics and enhances the natural defences of fruit and vegetables. This slows down the two main things that cause spoilage - water loss and oxidation.

explore the example

Video series: What is the circular economy?

Explore the circular economy by topic

Resources, guidance and tools

Use our practical tools and resources to put circular principles into practice and find courses and materials for learners and teachers.

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In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste - the process is linear. In a circular economy, by contrast, we stop waste being produced in the first place. It is underpinned by a transition to renewable energy and materials.

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In nature everything is upcycled: there is no waste, everything is reused. WASTE is the result of human activities based on the "take-mak-dispose" approach of linear economy.

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It is the day by which humans have used up all the natural resources the Earth is capable of replenishing in a calendar year. What is alarming is that this day comes earlier and earlier every year.  Click on the link below and check the Overshoot Day in your country.

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A country's overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country.

Country overshoot days are published on January 1 st of each year. In order to meet this publication deadline, the 2023 country overshoot days were calculated in December 2022 using the 2022 edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, which was the latest edition available at the time. The 2022 edition data stretches from 1961 to 2018. This is due to a three to four-year lag between the latest data-year and the latest edition year as a result of the UN's reporting process. Additionally, time is needed to assemble the accounts.

Let's take Swiss Overshoot Day as an example. Its 2023 overshoot day is based on the latest (2018) available results from the 2022 edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts:

Therefore, it would take (4.35/ 1.6) = 2.75 Earths to support humanity if everyone on the planet lived like the Swiss.
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We can determine Swiss Overshoot Day using the equation 365 x (1.6/4.35) = 133, or as the 133 rd day in the year. The 133rd day of 2023 is May 13 th.

Not all countries will have an overshoot day. By way of the country overshoot equation above, a country will only have an overshoot day if its Ecological Footprint per person is greater than global biocapacity per person (1.6 gha). Countries with an Ecological Footprint per person that is less than global biocapacity per person (1.6 gha) and which do not have an overshoot day are listed as "none" in this table. In leap years, we calculate the date based on a 366 day-long year, rather than the usual 365.

IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND THE INVASION OF UKRAINE
Many have asked us about the war in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic's impact on each country's Ecological Footprint and overshoot day. Because of time delays in UN statistics, the latest full assessment of countries only stretches through 2018 and does not cover these events. Producing country estimates for 2023 is possible, as explained in the box on the right.

To address the "gap" between the latest data-year and the present, Global Footprint Network uses additional UN statistics and trendlines from the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts to extend the global results all the way to the present year. Read more about how HOW EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY IS CALCULATED
Earth Overshoot Day 2022 was calculated. Our assessment for Earth Overshoot Day 2023 will be released on June 5, 2023.

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Country Overshoot Days 2023 - Earth Overshoot Day

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A country's overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in this country.

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Actions

The new Circular Economy Action presents measures to:

Make sustainable products the norm in the EU;

Empower consumers and public buyers;

Focus on the sectors that use most resources and where the potential for circularity is high such as: electronics and ICT; batteries and vehicles; packaging; plastics; textiles; construction and buildings; food; water and nutrients;

Ensure less waste;

Make circularity work for people, regions and cities,

Lead global efforts on circular economy.

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Additional tools

A new Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe

The European Commission has adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth.

The new Action Plan announces initiatives along the entire life cycle of products, targeting for example their design, promoting circular economy processes, fostering sustainable consumption, and aiming to ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible.

It introduces legislative and non-legislative measures targeting areas where action at the EU level brings real added value.
Actions
The new Circular Economy Action Plan presents measures to:

Make sustainable products the norm in the EU;

Empower consumers and public buyers;

Focus on the sectors that use most resources and where the potential for circularity is high such as: electronics and ICT; batteries and vehicles; packaging; plastics; textiles; construction and buildings; food; water and nutrients;

Ensure less waste;

Make circularity work for people, regions and cities,

Lead global efforts on circular economy.

Implementation
The Commission is committed to ensure a swift implementation of all 35 actions. For an overview of the actions' implementation timetable, see the relevant file in "Key documents".

On 10 November 2020, the Commission adopted the first Action Plan's milestone: a proposal for a Regulation to modernise EU legislation on batteries. The aim is that batteries placed on the EU market are sustainable, circular, high-performing and safe all along their entire life cycle, that they are collected, repurposed and recycled, becoming a true source of valuable raw materials. More information are available here.
Key documents Background
The European Commission launched a first Circular Economy Action Plan in 2015. All 54 actions under the plan have been delivered or are being implemented.
Related links

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New Circular Economy Strategy - Environment - European Commission

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Additional tools The European Commission has adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth.

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Leaflet circular economy

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Poster circular economy