World witnessing a paradigm shift to "Circular Economy", the idea of "waste" is rapidly disappearing, says Dr Jitendra Singh;

India, April 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the world is witnessing a paradigm shift to "Circular Economy" and there is a decisive shift in economic thinking, where the idea of "waste" is rapidly disappearing and every discarded material is increasingly being seen as a source of economic value. He cited the example of the government having earned more than Rs 4,000 cr simply from Scrap including E-Waste during the Swachhata campaign.

The Minister said, the emerging model of circular economy, backed by recycling and biotechnolog...