{"id":14788,"date":"2025-05-05T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oficinaeconomicagalicia.xunta.gal\/?post_type=faqs-ambitos&p=14788"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:21:19","slug":"what-is-the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"faqs-ambitos","link":"https:\/\/oficinaeconomicagalicia.xunta.gal\/en\/faqs-ambitos\/what-is-the-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the circular economy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a model that aims to reduce waste and make the most of resources. Instead of producing, using, and discarding (as in the linear economy), the circular economy focuses on reusing, repairing, recycling, and giving new uses to materials so they remain in the economic cycle for as long as possible. It poses a challenge for companies but also an opportunity to improve their competitiveness, among other advantages.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/oficinaeconomicagalicia.xunta.gal\/en\/asesoramento\/competitiveness\/circular-and-sustainable-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic Office of Galicia<\/a> provides guidance on how to apply it in your company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of producing, using, and discarding, the circular economy focuses on reusing, repairing, recycling, and giving new uses to materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categorias":[76,179],"class_list":["post-14788","faqs-ambitos","type-faqs-ambitos","status-publish","hentry","categorias-competitiveness","categorias-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the circular economy? - Oficina Econ\u00f3mica de Galicia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Instead of producing, using, and discarding, the circular economy focuses on reusing, repairing, recycling, and giving new uses to materials.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oficinaeconomicagalicia.xunta.gal\/faqs-ambitos\/que-e-a-economia-circular\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the circular economy? 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