Top 10 Circular Materials by mass

Top 10 Circular Materials by mass

Market study of the status of the circular economy by investigating the Top 10 circular materials. These circular materials are ranked by the amount of material that is recycled (in tons), which are in descending order: Steel, Asphalt, Paper, Plastics, Aluminum, Glass, Textiles, Rubber, Copper and Cobalt. For each of these materials a rating card is devised based on case studies and other available data, showing the score of each material in different regions of the world on four different criteria: (1) Market readiness, (2) Design for CE, (3) Technology and (4) Level of knowledge or cognition for CE.