Circling Back 2019 – 2022. Shifting towards a circular biobased society

How can we accelerate the transition towards a circular bio-economy and translate dreams into practice? There is a pressing need to swiftly say goodbye to the linear society as it exists today and move towards a circular one. To underpin this transition with action, we need to use the circular bio-economy principles of Safeguard – Avoid – Prioritise – Recycle – Entropy as guidance. Applying these principles requires calls for a fundamental change, including policies, technologies, organizations, social behaviours and markets, into account when we (re)design elements of our agri-food system. This will only work if we change together and if we utilise scale to optimally value our precious resources.