4 Circular Economy

The circular economy ensures minimum waste by reusing and repurposing existing products into new raw materials or products. This allows optimal utilisation of materials instead of discarding them before end- of-life. Now companies design products that have multiple lifecycles instead of the takemake-dispose approach. They reuse their production waste to create new products. Further, waste-to-energy plants process solid waste to produce steam for electricity generation. Brands also implement sustainable packaging by sourcing eco-friendly materials for a minimal environmental impact.

Manual waste sorting is a time-consuming process and human inefficiencies increase the amount of trash ending up in landfills. That is why waste management facilities are using robotics to overcome this challenge. Industrial robots, along with sensors, computer vision, and AI, are automating waste segregation practices, ensuring material-specific