Establishing a resource efficient economy is central to achieving green growth. It involves improving resource productivity and putting in place policies that ensure a sustainable resource and materials management building on the principle of the 3Rs — reduce, reuse and recycle—, and encouraging more sustainable consumption patterns. Better resource productivity helps to improve the environment, by reducing the amount of resources that human economic activity requires and diminishing the associated
environmental burden. It also helps to sustain economic growth by securing adequate supplies of materials, improving competitiveness and fostering new technologies and innovation.
