How Resource Productivity is increased
Increasing resource productivity means making present resource cycles "leaner" in the future - except for the recycling part, which should become "fatter"- thereby reducing the net resource flow.
This is the resource cycle
Present and future resource cycles
To increase resource productivity is to reduce the net quantity of natural resources used per unit of material consumption (per refrigerator or per chair) with the corresponding reduction in the quantity of emmissions and waste - in this way reducing the impact on the environment per unit of consumption.The primary goal is to use fewer resources per product unit and to reduce emissions and waste during production and product use and at end of life for durable products to a minimum.