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A circular economy for food has diverse environmental, social, and economic advantages. This sector offers some of the most powerful opportunities for the regeneration of the natural system by restoring soil health to degraded agricultural land. Regenerative farming practices offer an effective way to leverage natures intrinsic circular systems and produce more secure long term food supplies. Innovative techniques and technologies are used to generate economic benefits by turning organic materials previously seen as waste into higher value products.

Managed transfer to renewable energy is critical for a truly circular economy. The level of circularity of all areas of the economy that use electricity are affected by how that energy is generated. Many of the circular economy initiatives being adapted within a range of sectors and industries only become truly viable and effective when the energy they need to run is produced in renewable ways.

The textile industry and the products it produces are essential for comfort, safety, practicality and enable expression of human culture. However, the way that textiles are currently made, used, and disposed of have significant environmental and social impacts. Current approaches and business models lead to waste,  pollution, and exploitation on global scales.