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What is the circular economy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The circular economy refers to \"an economic model that reuses waste as a resource and minimizes environmental burden.\" In place of the conventional linear economy of \"mass production, mass consumption, mass disposal,\" it draws attention as a structure for realizing a sustainable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the food industry, food-loss reduction, upcycled products, and recyclable packaging are representative examples of such efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The features and background of the circular economy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Definition: an economic system that regards waste as a resource and circulates it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background: the European Commission (EU) announced an action plan in 2015, and it spread internationally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feature: diverse approaches such as reuse, reduce, recycle, and remake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits: improved resource efficiency, reduced environmental burden, reconciling economic growth and sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trend: Japan too formulated a \"Circular Economy Vision\" in 2020, and adoption by companies and local governments is advancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of Agriture's use of the circular economy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Drying and powdering non-standard vegetables to redistribute them as food OEM products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcycling proposals that convert manufacturing byproducts into new food ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using long-keeping dried vegetables as rolling stock and disaster-preparedness stores<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnering with local farmers to build a system that circulates unused resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related keywords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Circular society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food loss reduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcycling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethical Consumption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The relationship between non-standard vegetables and food loss | Solutions and case studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable upcycle food brands | A sustainable choice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The potential of new businesses using unused resources, and 5 secrets to success<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Q1. What is the difference between the circular economy and recycling?
A. Recycling is one method of reusing waste as a resource, while the circular economy is an economic model that grasps resource circulation comprehensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2. What are representative examples in the food industry?
A. Examples include making use of non-standard vegetables, upcycling food byproducts, and reusable packaging.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":836,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":"","ssp_meta_description":"\u30b5\u30fc\u30ad\u30e5\u30e9\u30fc\u30a8\u30b3\u30ce\u30df\u30fc\uff08\u5faa\u74b0\u578b\u7d4c\u6e08\uff09\u3068\u306f\u3001\u300c\u5ec3\u68c4\u7269\u3092\u8cc7\u6e90\u3068\u3057\u3066\u518d\u5229\u7528\u3057\u3001\u74b0\u5883\u8ca0\u8377\u3092\u6700\u5c0f\u5316\u3059\u308b\u7d4c\u6e08\u30e2\u30c7\u30eb\u300d\u3092\u6307\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5f93\u6765\u306e\u300c\u5927\u91cf\u751f\u7523\u30fb\u5927\u91cf\u6d88\u8cbb\u30fb\u5927\u91cf\u5ec3\u68c4\u300d\u306e\u30ea\u30cb\u30a2\u578b\u7d4c\u6e08\u306b\u4ee3\u308f\u308a\u3001\u6301\u7d9a\u53ef\u80fd\u306a\u793e\u4f1a\u3092\u5b9f\u73fe\u3059\u308b\u4ed5\u7d44\u307f\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6ce8\u76ee\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002","ssp_meta_keyword":"\u30b5\u30fc\u30ad\u30e5\u30e9\u30fc\u30a8\u30b3\u30ce\u30df\u30fc","ssp_meta_canonical":"","ssp_meta_robots":"","ssp_meta_title":""},"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-521","word","type-word","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ingredient"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/word\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/word"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/word"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}