Policy scenarios for a transition to a more resource efficient and circular economy
Global materials use is expected to grow in the coming decades in the absence of new
policies, bearing substantial negative impacts for the environment. This report analyses
the mechanisms through which resource efficiency and circular economy policies can
achieve a decoupling between economic growth and material use. Using the OECD’s ENV-Linkages
model, the report examines the economic and environmental impacts of a global material
fiscal reform, which implements taxes on primary metal and mineral resources, and
uses the revenue of these taxes to finance subsidies to recycled goods and to secondary
metal production.
Published on March 10, 2021
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