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.