The Circular Economy Action Agenda identifies five major opportunities
associated with the shift to a circular economy:⁵
emissions reduction⁶
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cut in material use of
finite resources⁶
reduction in ocean plastic
waste to protect biodiversity
and human health by 2040⁷
economic opportunity
by 2030⁸
net new jobs coud be created
by 2030⁹
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