Circular Snapshots: Mexico’s landmark circular economy law and more

About this episode

This episode discusses Mexico's new circular economy law and various initiatives related to sustainability and recycling.

This edition of Circular Snapshots covers a lot of ground. Mexico passed landmark circular economy legislation in January — and it deserves far more attention than it got. We also look at Circle Economy's latest report, which puts a €25.4 trillion price tag on the value destroyed every year by our linear economy, and the EU Circular Economy Act as it heads toward autumn adoption. Plus a quick run through of four shorter stories: HP mining its own e-waste to build new laptops, the UK Packaging Pact launching with 100 founding organisations, a new fashion industry initiative to scale textile-to-textile fibre recycling, and fresh data on what's really driving the secondhand boom.

People in this episode

Host: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Topics covered

• circular economy
• legislation
• sustainability
• e-waste
• textile recycling
• secondhand market

Keywords

• circular economy
• Mexico
• legislation
• e-waste
• recycling
• secondhand boom
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mexico, Circle Economy, EU, HP, UK Packaging Pact, fashion industry

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