Why Africa is fast acquiring a genuinely circular economy

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It’s big event season and circularity is more prominent on agendas than it has been for a while. Not least at COP30 in Brazil, and the G20 Summit in South Africa, as well as the UNEA-7 in Kenya. Africa is emerging as a living example. The continent’s circular economy is evolving from isolated recycling projects to systemic change, helping realise circularity, a link that has often been missing in its sustainability agenda.

• Coordinated government policies and regional action plans,backed by diverse funding sources have helped Africa move from fragmented initiatives to coordinated, continent-wide systems that link waste management, recycling and resource recovery.

• Innovations in waste-to-energy, fertiliser production and hazardous waste management are unlocking various benefits demonstrating the continent’s potential to scale a genuinely circular economy.

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