The Circularity Assessment Protocol
The Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) is a hub and spoke model that provides a snapshot of a city’s circularity that can provide data for local, regional, or national decision‐making to reduce leakage of waste (e.g., single‐use plastic) into the environment and increase circular materials management.
LEAKAGE
What waste ends up in the environment?
How and why is it getting there?
How and why is it getting there?
INPUT
What products are sold in the community?
Where do they originate?
Where do they originate?
COMMUNITY
What conversations are happening, and what are the stakeholders' attitudes and perceptions?
PRODUCT
DESIGN
DESIGN
What materials, formats, and innovations are found in products, particularly packaging?
USE
What are the community trends around use and reuse of product types?
COLLECTION
How much and what types of waste are generated? How much is collected and what infrastructure exists?
END OF CYCLE
How is waste disposed? What is the fate of waste once it is properly discarded? How is it treated?
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