Why should investors plough their funding into a circular economy?

Because, says Bridget Croke, managing director at investment firm Closed Loop Partners, a company report reviewing 60 advanced recycling businesses showed there is tremendous opportunity – both economically and environmentally – to repeatedly turn plastic into new materials, instead of continually creating waste.

The recycling technology is already there ­– it just needs investment to make a circular economy a far more economically viable option than sourcing rapidly depleting raw materials.