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A new study finds two persistent mental shortcuts—not ignorance—are why people keep overrating recycling and underrating flying less.

Only 6.9% of the 106 billion tonnes of materials used annually by the global economy come from recycled sources—a 2.2 percentage point drop since 2015, according to a new report released today by Circle Economy in collaboration with Deloitte Global. The Circularity Gap Report 2025 (CGR®) finds that global material consumption is outpacing population growth and generating more waste than recycling systems can handle—underscoring the need for global circular economy targets, system-level transformation, and multilateral collaboration.

Of je een afgedragen T-shirt kan terugsturen voor recycling of upcycling, hangt heel sterk af van waar je woont. Grote kledingbedrijven zetten wel initiatieven op om de kringloop te sluiten, maar uit een nieuwe studie blijkt dat die niet zo doeltreffend zijn.

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