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 # The Circular Economy Moves from Theory to Practice

 


 

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Brands, both consumer and retailer private label, need domestic feedstock. For example, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and General Motors want this feedstock for manufacturing operations in Tennessee. They are also working hard to achieve zero waste goals and count on [robust recycling infrastructure](https://www.greenbiz.com/article/you-say-recycling-garbage-trash-argument) to successfully divert their recyclable materials from landfills.

Municipalities have the opportunity to become the head of their supply chains by providing a stable local supply of product bales for this feedstock, replacing reprocessors in China who imposed the [Green Fence](http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-18/chinas-green-fence-cleaning-americas-dirty-recycling) a couple years ago, rejecting contaminated shipments of recycled materials from abroad.

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