3 circular economy approaches to reduce demand for critical metals
3 circular economy approaches to reduce demand for critical metals Jul 18, 2022 A circular economy is much more than recycling. Our Impact What's the World Economic Forum doing to accelerate action on Circular Economy? The Big Picture Explore and monitor how Circular Economy is affecting economies, industries and global issues Crowdsource Innovation Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale Stay up to date: Circular Economy Shifting from fossil fuels to renewables requires huge amounts of critical metals. Recycling alone won't be enough to sustain the amount of materials needed We need to increase sharing, reuse and a preference for longevity to reduce demand. We need a clean energy revolution, and we need it now. But this transition from fossil fuels to renewables will need large supplies of critical metals such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, to name a few. Shortages of these critical minerals could raise the costs of clean energy technolo...