2024
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Australia's Circular Economy Framework is the blueprint for Australia’s circular economy transition.
The framework defines a circular economy for Australia and outlines its benefits. The framework offers businesses:
- clear guidance
- priorities
- real-world examples to cut emissions and waste.
It also highlights opportunities to innovate, capture new markets and organise operations.
For policymakers, the framework:
- provides a clear vision and actionable pathways
- drives alignment of regulations, planning and program funding with circular economy goals
- supports better coordination across jurisdictions
- drives consistent, impactful outcomes.
The framework will help Australia’s circular economy transition under a new national ambition and targets.
A new national ambition
Double Australia’s circularity by 2035.
Supporting targets
- Shrink our per capita material footprint by 10%.
- Lift our material productivity by 30%.
- Safely recover 80% of our resources.
Priorities
The immediate priority will be to focus on 4 sectors where action is needed most, and where Australia has unique advantages:
- industry
- the built environment
- agriculture and food
- resources.