The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) today released a request for information (RFI) seeking input from stakeholders on its draft strategic framework on Circularity for Secure and Sustainable Products and Materials. The framework identifies opportunities and challenges to use circularity to decarbonize industry, secure supply chains, benefit communities, and create jobs. It includes an overview of current efforts across EERE, as well as future focus areas for investment. The linear way the United States and the world has traditionally approached extracting resources, manufacturing products, and then discarding them is environmentally destructive and economically irresponsible. Advancing products and materials circularity, which involves minimizing life cycle environmental impacts through recirculation of products and materials in the economy, helps the United States improve material efficiency, increase supply chain security and resilience, and reduce energy demand related to raw material extraction and manufacturing processes. "Increasing products and materials circularity will enhance our U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, strengthen our supply chain security, and provide direct economic benefits to local communities," said Jeff Marootian, principal deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy at DOE. "This strategic framework aims to catalyze the necessary technological advancements that will accelerate these efforts across the economy." |
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