Advocates of the circular economy routinely argue that developing “circular solutions” has the capacity to stop unsustainable use of resources and the environmental impacts of the linear economy. This can only happen if the development includes phasing out the linear economy, the writers claim.
In the text they list five issues that challenge the phasing-out assumption.
- An Issue of Pace
- An Issue of Inertia
- An Issue of Delivery
- An Issue of Costs
- An Issue of Attractiveness
Linear economy has to many structural advantages. Reliance upon policies that stimulate the circular economy is not enough. What is needed is political decisions with deliberate, rapid, and systematic dismantling of the linear economy, according to the writers.
