Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>When <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Dreams Turn Into <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corporate</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Buzzwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Buzzwords</span></a><br />How ‘<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/circulareconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>circulareconomy</span></a>’ went from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/environmentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmentalist</span></a> dream to marketing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/buzzword" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buzzword</span></a><br />Can <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plastics</span></a> be circular? Companies&#39; answer was a resounding yes.<br />Groups like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JustZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JustZero</span></a>, a nonprofit that advocates for waste reduction, have dropped term “circular economy” altogether. “The phrase is now being used to serve the interests of the huge corporations that are damaging our climate and spewing toxics into our communities” <a href="https://grist.org/accountability/circular-economy-plastics-recycling-reuse-waste-conference-seattle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/accountability/circu</span><span class="invisible">lar-economy-plastics-recycling-reuse-waste-conference-seattle/</span></a></p>