Going Circular - Southern Cross University

The Going Circular: Rethinking Plastics in Your Business digital resource, is a detailed practical guidebook to help businesses and community groups understand and embrace the circular economy and create sustainable plastic practices.

Created for organisations at all stages of their circular economy journey, the guide provides four modules to work through at your own pace; from high-level overviews, technical deep dives and practical activities to apply to your own business and turn theory into action.

Transform your organisation or supply chain

Initiate meaningful change within your organisation

Strategies and tools included

Learn practical steps to initiate and maintain impact

Easy to follow guidebook

Four modules to work through at your chosen depth and pace

Applying circular economy principles beyond plastics

While plastics are prioritised in this guide, the principles of circularity can also be applied across organisations, supply chains and communities. By addressing plastics first, together we can tackle one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time whilst also pursuing new and promising commercial opportunities.

“Southern Cross is a long-established research powerhouse in sustainability and environmental management. It’s great to bring together that leading research into a guidebook package that businesses can use to transition the plastic use in their business to a circular economy”

Be part of the movement towards a circular economy for a greener future.

We look forward to hearing about the new value you have created in your organisation as a result of undertaking this journey.

Please share any feedback you have with us at liveideas@scu.edu.au

Supported by

NSW Environment Protection Authority

Civic Futures Lab

Circular Australia

Revolve Your World

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