Informal approaches towards a circular economy

This report has been jointly developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the World Resources Forum (WRF), and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA). The information presented has been collected from public sources and supplemented with discussions held with various formal and informal stakeholders in India. The Indian case study is based on investigations carried out as part of the Sustainable Recycling Industries Programme which is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).