Mapping the Circular Economy of Western Australia: Stage 1

Publication
Research
Author

Josh Hopkins, Richard Wood, Roberto Minunno, Dora Marinova, André Stephan, Pablo Vargas, Atiq Zaman, Jacob Fry, Richard L. Gruner

Published

December 15, 2024

Final report

This report provides the first comprehensive assessment of the state of circularity in WA. We take a system-wide approach, focussing on several core aspects of a circular economy—resource inflows, built stocks and waste outflows—at the State, Greater Perth and municipal level. We evaluate WA’s capacity for circularity, the policy landscape, data and conceptual gaps and highlight key opportunities towards greater circularity and emission reduction across sectors and geographical scales. Finally, we outline a pathway towards a consistent, multi-scale indicator framework for building cross-sector capacity, and monitoring and driving circular outcomes.

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Going forward

This is the first stage of a multi-stage project. Please reach out if you’d like to be involved to future research stages, whether as part of a case study or general partnership, at the city, regional and national level.

Expressions of interest can be submitted here.