Traditional differences of circular economy

The traditional economy is a one-way material flow economy composed of "resources-products-pollution discharge". In this kind of economy, people are increasingly exploiting the materials and energy on the earth, and in the process of production, processing and consumption, a lot of pollution and waste are discharged into the environment. The utilization of resources is usually extensive and one-off. By constantly turning resources into waste, the quantitative growth of economy is realized, which leads to the shortage and exhaustion of many natural resources and leads to disastrous environmental pollution consequences. In contrast, circular economy advocates an economic development model based on the continuous recycling of materials. It requires that economic activities be organized into a process of "resources-products-renewable resources" according to the model of natural ecosystem, so that the whole economic system and the production and consumption process basically do not produce or only produce little waste, only misplaced local resources, but no real waste, which is characterized by low input of natural resources.