Circular Economy in Mexico

Actions to promote circular economy: case study of multinational manufacturers in the automotive and fast-moving consumer goods in Mexico

“…The reuse and recycling of wastewater during the manufacturing process in automobile assembly plants and its impact on the availability of this essential resource in the region (share), along with the use of clean energy in all production processes and the exchange of materials and technologies (e.g., EV in transportation), is also cited as a project that demonstrates how to move from a linear economy to a circular model. Through the revision of secondary sources, Munoz-Melendez et al (2021) conclude that the approach of "product recovery for reuse" is mainly backed by open informal initiatives that do not support the integration of forward and reverse product flows. Perhaps, except for FEMSA, firms operating in Mexico have not closed their supply chains and are far from CE because of the complex cultural context, the informal mafia-type recycling, and economic and political interests.…”

“…At the firm level, PetStar is presented as a recovery-and-reuse successful CE (Munoz-Melendez et al, 2021). The company reports a recovery of around 70% of PET bottles that are transformed to resin thru a conversion process that uses clean energy (e.g., eolic).…”

“…Moreover, at the meso-level, sectors such as the fashion and textile industry only report a diagnosis of the legal framework that applies to the industry involving the adoption of the CE paradigm (Carrillo, 2019, as cited by Munoz-Melendez et al, 2021). However, in the case of the electronics sector, the informal processing of cell phones provides an acceptable channel for repair, reuse, and update with a positive environmental impact.…”

“…Grupo de Trabajo Agenda 2030), and academic articles that cite the ecological actions of some of the enterprises selected (e.g. Munoz-Melendez et al, 2021)-were analyzed to identify, categorize, and compare the current CE actions that firms in two key contrasting manufacturing sectors (automotive and fast-moving consumer goods [FMCG]) have implemented.…”

Towards circular cities – exploring the circular economy approach in context of municipal solid waste

“…Xalapa's scenario has not been widely researched using CE as a main subject, especially given the novelty of the concept in Mexico (Córdova Preciado et al, 2021;López Pérez et al, 2020;Munoz-Melendez et al, 2021). The situation of the city represents an opportunity to explore the implementation of the circular city model in a developing country context.…”