Circular economy: concept to reality in developing countries

Abstract

Solid waste management is a simple subject but have been made a complex issue. It is basically due to human intervention, social values and norms and attitude of institutional bodies and need of community engagement and acceptance for sustainability. Waste is no more taken as cradle to grave management model, which is linear but considered a circular model. Circular economy is a new terminology of use of waste product into value chain of waste. However, in developing countries, especially in South-East Asia, the circular economy model is yet to be taken up by public sector and private entities to make best out of product value and sustainable waste management.