How thinking in circles can save water
(WorldNews Netherlands)

22 March 2017 There are seven and a half billion people on the planet, yet only 2.5 percent of the world`s water is fresh. Millions continue to have no access to drinking water and that scarcity is set to worsen with an increasing global population and climate change. All is not lost though. A new water report produced by ING shows how the circular economy could save 400 billion of cubic metres of water every year. If we continue to use water as we currently do, global demand will exceed available resources by 40 percent by 2030. But with risk comes opportunity. `Helping the world conserve water starts by realising one thing: water is circular by nature, not linear,` said Gerben Hieminga,...