{"id":61932,"date":"2026-05-30T22:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenschoolsgreenfuture.org\/?p=61932"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:59:27","slug":"the-circular-economy-approach-and-how-you-can-participate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenschoolsgreenfuture.org\/fr\/the-circular-economy-approach-and-how-you-can-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Circular Economy Approach and How You Can Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Green Schools Green Future, we want to encourage students to adopt environmentally friendly resource and waste management practices. By doing this, they will achieve environmental sustainability for themselves, their school, and their community. A good way to do this is to adopt the circular economy approach. This approach maximizes the use of already-extracted resources, products, and packaging. It also reduces waste.<\/p>

The Big Picture of Waste<\/strong><\/h2>

According to the Global Waste Index 2025 Report<\/a>, Canada generates more waste per person than most other developed countries at about 700 kg per person annually (only 5 out of 38 countries generate more waste per person than us). The top-ranked country in the index \u2013 Japan \u2013 only produces about 330kg of waste per person annually. In addition, Canada extracts<\/a> more than five times<\/strong> as much raw material per person compared to the international average, and this number is growing. All this waste and resource extraction contributes significantly to climate change and biodiversity loss, both of which are considered environmental emergencies. Circular economy methods address these emergencies.<\/p>

This approach includes more than just recycling. It affects each stage of the product life cycle, including design, manufacturing, use, and end-of-life disposal. The goal here is to make maximum use of already-extracted resources, products, and packaging in each stage of the life cycle without any waste or pollution.<\/p>

The circular economy approach keeps products and materials in use after each cycle (e.g. through methods such as reuse, repair, refurbishment, or recycling) with no resulting landfill waste. Biodegradable materials are sent back into natural environments after maximum usage to help instead of harm the environment. Also, with this approach, consumers share with others in a sharing economy (e.g. car sharing) to maximize product utilization. Following the circular economy approach could eliminate<\/a> about 45% of existing climate emissions and halt<\/a> global biodiversity loss.<\/p>

There are many different ways for us as consumers to participate in the circular economy approach. Here are some examples.<\/p>

Sharing<\/strong><\/h2>

Instead of buying many items that we only use once in a while, the circular economy approach encourages sharing them. Examples of items you can share include:<\/p>