Delivering the Circular Economy: A Toolkit for Policymakers

The circular economy offers business leaders and government a clear opportunity for long-term growth that is less dependent on cheap materials and energy and can restore and regenerate natural capital.  This report provides an actionable toolkit for policymakers for embarking on a circular economy transformation that describes a methodology for circular economy policymaking.  The toolkit identifies eight key insights, details policy options, opportunities and barriers and explores a range of policy options that countries and the policymakers could choose to pursue.  It demonstrates how the tools may be applied and that circularity brings about lasting socioeconomic benefits to the stakeholders.