Let's close the loop: Circular economy for inter-generational justice

01.10.2021 17:00 - 18:30 | Room 1 | SESSION


Moderator

Didem Eryar Ünlü

Sustainability Coordinator, Dünya Newspaper

Marion Guénard

Senior Officer, Circular Development Team, ICLEI

Emrah Alkaya

Dr., Managing Director & Partner, GTE Sustainability Research and Consultancy

Şeyda Dağdeviren Hill

Project Executive, BCSD Turkey

Piotr Barczak

Senior Policy Officer for Waste and Circular Economy, European Environmental Bureau

People have so far used both energy and material through linear economy model of “produce, use, dispose”. However, today we see that we have always used finite resources and have taken the ends of the cycle quite far apart, which should normally have been completed by its nature. In order to complete the circle; we need to use waste as raw materials as well as to recover water many times. Thus, we will not only reduce resource consumption but also enable sustainable waste management. The first step is circular design!