This roadmap identifies opportunities across the whole supply chain of how waste can be avoided, and materials can be re-used or recycled. In doing so, it identifies new technologies, products, services and industries that can emerge from taking on a circular economy approach.

This paper tests the long term dematerialization potential for Australia in terms of materials, energy, and water use as well as CO2 emissions. It argues that Australia cannot rely on incremental efficiency gains but has to undergo a sustainability transition to keep in line with the international effort to avoid climate change and resource use...