Circular Economy

The Circular Economy is a model of production where existing materials and products remain in utilisation for as long as possible.

The core principle of the Circular Economy is to more away from being a throw-away society where we ‘take, make and dispose’ and replace it with a reduce, re-use and recycle societal model.

This can be achieved by designing pollution and waste out of our systems, keeping products and materials in use instead of disposing of them and by regenerating natural systems.

By doing this we not only reduce waste but also the emissions produced through manufacturing and the possibility of running out of finite resources, thus making it a more sustainable society.

Cardiff Metropolitan University in partnership with Swansea University, industry and third sector partners and driving this agenda forward in South Wales with their CEIC programme.

This fully funded programme supports both the public sector and businesses to develop their circular economy understanding and innovation plans to support clean growth.

Many Carmarthenshire County Council employees have been fortunate to partake in this course and implement circular economy projects in their service areas.

We have recently appointed Graduate Trainee, Lucy Jouault  in Circular Economy, Waste Strategy and Policy.