Omani startup raises awareness on circular economy

Omani startup raises awareness on circular economy

Muscat – Local startup Carbon 6 hosted a series of workshops recently with an aim of raising awareness on circular economy.

The workshops included screening of a documentary, followed by moderated discussions. The sessions, which took place over the span of three weekends, targeted various industries including tourism and hospitality, energy, healthcare, sustainability and urban planning.

Explaining circular economy, Abeer Ali al Mukhaini, founder of Carbon 6, said, “It is a biomimicry concept that is derived from nature. It’s a model of production concept – the waste of one system is the energy of another, which is opposite of the current linear economy.”

She explained that a circular economy has lower carbon emissions than a linear economy. “Producing new materials results in carbon emissions. Circular economies minimise the need for producing new materials by maximising the re-use of resources, thus eliminating the carbon costs of producing new materials, which is the aim of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.”

Carbon 6 is endeavouring to spread awareness in all segments of society focusing on the bottom-to-top approach to reduce the communication gap and “be more relatable to the community – youth, entrepreneurs, students, academics and the public in general”, Abeer explained.

“We believe in the importance