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The complexity of production processes is rarely acknowledged. To get you your products, hundreds — if not thousands — of variables are in play when it comes to sourcing base materials, processing those materials, manufacturing the product, packaging the product, shipping the product, storing the product, and selling the product. The point here is that making a system circular is extremely difficult because of the complexity of those systems. Making a product lifecycle isn’t just about collecting a broken product and delivering it back to the processing center. It requires massive changes at every juncture. This is one of the biggest hurdles that allows the linear economy to keep going strong. Even if a business was committed to implementing circular processes, where would they begin? There isn’t a lot of guidance available to businesses on how to properly shift the lifecycle for their products from linear to circular. This lack of proper education, combined with a lack of resources, is a significant barrier when it comes to the growth of the circular economy. Lastly, no formal standards have been developed by governing bodies to regulate the processes required for manufacturers, distributors, or retailers to properly implement a circular economy.