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NZ’s Food Manufacturers are Embracing the Idea of a Circular Economy but are Slow to Implement it

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Sitong Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-09T22:31:57Z
dc.date.available2025-04-09T22:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-13
dc.descriptionAround the world, the growth of industry and consumption has escalated environmental damage through increased emissions, waste and pollution from landfills. The current linear economic model, characterised by a “take-make-dispose” approach to limited resources, is increasingly shown to be unsustainable. New Zealand’s food manufacturing industry is a major contributor to these issues. However, an alternative, more sustainable, approach exists in the circular economic model. We have explored six large food manufacturing companies in Aotearoa New Zealand committed to circular-economy practices. We wanted to understand if and how they prioritise the four circular elements of reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering. We identified a variety of drivers and barriers to implementing circularity. This includes consumer knowledge, government regulation, supply-chain issues and financial commitment. Overall, we found New Zealand food manufacturers are slow to take positive steps in all areas. They lack a working knowledge of circular processes and the old linear model still holds sway.
dc.identifier.citationThe Conversation. November 13, 2024. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/nzs-food-manufacturers-are-embracing-the-idea-of-a-circular-economy-but-are-slow-to-implement-it-241355
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/19027
dc.publisherThe Conversation
dc.relation.urihttps://theconversation.com/nzs-food-manufacturers-are-embracing-the-idea-of-a-circular-economy-but-are-slow-to-implement-it-241355
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dc.titleNZ’s Food Manufacturers are Embracing the Idea of a Circular Economy but are Slow to Implement it
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