ENVIRONMENT

Plastics recycling hurdles could create opportunities for aluminium players

The ‘circular economy’ approach has received ever-greater attention amid rising concerns about impacts of carbon emissions and demands from investors and consumers for environmentally sustainable products and business practices. The circular economy approach rethinks the traditional linear ‘take-make-dispose’ economic model and envisions a new model aimed at eliminating waste and minimising use of natural resources—through practices such as reuse, remanufacturing and recycling of materials and products.

Karthik Valluru, Alexander Meyer zum Felde, Felix Stellmaszek, Cate Blankenship and Stephen Amery*
Plastics recycling hurdles could create opportunities for aluminium players

We maintain that circular business models can prove just as profitable as linear models for companies in a diverse array of industries. Mining is no exception. To be sure, metals and minerals have been...

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