{"id":213186,"date":"2026-05-13T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:40:25","slug":"brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: how they stack up on reusing waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste-278104\">Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: how they stack up on reusing waste<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste-278104\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste-278104<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-13 09:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Circular Economy Issues<\/strong>: The traditional &#8220;take, make, dispose&#8221; model has driven economic growth but has led to significant environmental damage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Emerging Economies Focus<\/strong>: Circular economy practices are crucial for rapidly developing economies like those in the emerging Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Policy and Progress Analysis<\/strong>: Researchers reviewed policies and practices in these countries, highlighting China&#8217;s advanced circular economy framework, moderate progress in Brazil and India, and slower development in Russia and South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Waste Management Solutions<\/strong>: Each Brics country exhibits distinct circular economy initiatives, such as Brazil&#8217;s bioenergy, Russia\u2019s industrial waste recycling, India&#8217;s urban mining, and China\u2019s large-scale recycling programs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future Directions<\/strong>: To advance sustainable growth, Brics countries need to coordinate better across government levels, invest in green technologies, and provide incentives for businesses to adopt circular economy practices.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Opportunities for Innovation<\/strong>: Digital and sustainable technologies could foster new economic sectors and job creation focused on recycling and resource efficiency in Brics countries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: how they stack up on reusing waste https:\/\/theconversation.com\/brazil-russia-india-china-and-south-africa-how-they-stack-up-on-reusing-waste-278104&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/733239\/original\/file-20260430-57-9cj33r.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C475%2C5700%2C2850&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213188,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213186\/revisions\/213188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}