During the year, work has continued on a general model for Trelleborg’s view of circular resource use and business, as an additional step toward more efficient use of resources. In this work, Trelleborg’s definition of circular economy follows the general definition of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: “Circular economy is an industrial system based on recovery and regeneration. It replaces the concept of obsolete products with recycling, transitions to renewable energy, eliminates use of harmful chemicals, which thereby enables reuse, and aims to eliminate waste and pollution driven by improved design of materials, products
and the entire system, including business models.“
The Group-wide Polymers for Tomorrow group also initiated a central project to systematically address key material categories to increase the share of bio-based and recycled materials. More detailed targets for this work will be presented in 2022.