The Circular Economy Forum of the Americas: The first step toward a Sustainable Continent
The Circular Economy Forum of the Americas (CEFA) is an initiative organized by the Circular Economy Platform of the Americas (CEP-Americas) and powered by the Americas Sustainable Development Foundation (ASDF). This Forum aims to enable the transition toward circular economies in the American Continent by creating knowledge and tools applicable to each nation of our region. CEFA2017, being the inaugural version of this Forum, sets the precedents to start the regional discuss
Circular Economy and the Americas – we need to distinguish between circularity, circular economy and
Circularity has been the base of life on Planet Earth; water, CO2 and matter circulate in chaotic self-organised systems, which do not know time or money constraints, nor waste. Early man had to cope with whatever resources were available and could be used as, or transformed into, shelter, food, products or tools. This was a circular economy based on scarcity or poverty, as expressed in an old New England maxim: use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. Circularity wa
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