4.2. Overview of circularity in the industrial sector

Basically, all industrial activities are launched with the main objective of generating profit. We start by investing money (the higher the objective, the larger the investment) to produce or manufacture commodities, find suitable markets, and sell those products to generate revenues. After a while (the shorter, the better), the revenues will “reimburse” the initial investment and start generating net benefits. Maximizing those benefits is and will always remain the staging goal of any industrialist.
How can this be achieved, and more importantly, how can it be sustained? Innovating, producing more, producing better quality products, optimizing the manufacturing process, hiring highly skilled ...

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