# Knowledge check: Which is more circular?
*Activity type: quiz*

## Questions


### Question 1: What is more circular?
*Type: multichoice*

Remember the systemic nature of the circular economy?**
That’s the reason why understanding your value chain is so important. It forces you to consider the system you’re a part of, and what role you play within that system. A circular economy doesn’t work without collaboration across and throughout the system. To illustrate that point, consider the two products below.

[embedded image: quiz-chair and bottle.jpg]

One is an office chair, designed by Herman Miller. The href="https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/) is produced from ocean-bound recycled plastic, it features a modular design that can be repaired and updated over time and boasts a meticulously crafted construction that will likely last for many years of use.

One the other side, we’ve got a glass water bottle, sold by href="https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/) and many other places. They are readily available and glass is a material that can, in theory, be recycled indefinitely without losing its quality.

Question:****Considering both products, which is the most circular, in your opinion?**

**Answers:**
- [ ] Herman Miller Aeron Chair
- [ ] IKEA water bottle
- [ ] They’re both equally circular
- [x] None of them are circular


### Question 2: What is more circular?
*Type: multichoice*

Remember the systemic nature of the circular economy?**
That’s the reason why understanding your value chain is so important. It forces you to consider the system you’re a part of, and what role you play within that system. A circular economy doesn’t work without collaboration across and throughout the system. To illustrate that point, consider the two products below.

[embedded image: quiz-chair and bottle.jpg]

One is an office chair, designed by Herman Miller. The href="https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/) is produced from ocean-bound recycled plastic, it features a modular design that can be repaired and updated over time and boasts a meticulously crafted construction that will likely last for many years of use.

One the other side, we’ve got a glass water bottle, sold by href="https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/) and many other places. They are readily available and glass is a material that can, in theory, be recycled indefinitely without losing its quality.

Question:****Considering both products, which is the most circular, in your opinion?**

**Answers:**
- [ ] Herman Miller Aeron Chair
- [ ] IKEA water bottle
- [ ] They’re both equally circular
- [x] None of them are circular

*General feedback: The correct answer might surprise you, as none of these products are circular. Or perhaps more accurately, both have the potential to be circular, but that really depends on the rest of the value chain they’re a part of.

You can design an office chair that is durable and completely repairable, you can even offer customers a repair service free of charge. But how do you compel the customer to take you up on that offer? How is the chair getting back to the shop? Who makes and stocks the replacement parts? And what happens if someone accidentally throws it into a landfill anyway? Similarly for the glass bottle, it might be infinitely recyclable, but will that actually happen? What if the recycler does not have the capacity? Or what if no-one wants to buy the recycled glass bottles afterwards?

You see, there is no such thing as a perfectly circular product or material. How circular something really is depends on the whole value chain working together to make that work. This is why your understanding of your context and your ability to collaborate across your value chain is so important.*


### Question 3: What is more circular?
*Type: multichoice*

Remember the systemic nature of the circular economy?**
That’s the reason why understanding your value chain is so important. It forces you to consider the system you’re a part of, and what role you play within that system. A circular economy doesn’t work without collaboration across and throughout the system. To illustrate that point, consider the two products below.

[embedded image: quiz-chair and bottle.jpg]

One is an office chair, designed by Herman Miller. The href="https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_au/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chair/) is produced from ocean-bound recycled plastic, it features a modular design that can be repaired and updated over time and boasts a meticulously crafted construction that will likely last for many years of use.

One the other side, we’ve got a glass water bottle, sold by href="https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" (https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/korken-bottle-with-stopper-clear-glass-00213558/) and many other places. They are readily available and glass is a material that can, in theory, be recycled indefinitely without losing its quality.

Question:****Considering both products, which is the most circular, in your opinion?**

**Answers:**
- [ ] Herman Miller Aeron Chair
- [ ] IKEA water bottle
- [ ] They’re both equally circular
- [x] None of them are circular

*General feedback: The correct answer might surprise you, as none of these products are circular. Or perhaps more accurately, both have the potential to be circular, but that really depends on the rest of the value chain they’re a part of.

You can design an office chair that is durable and completely repairable, you can even offer customers a repair service free of charge. But how do you compel the customer to take you up on that offer? How is the chair getting back to the shop? Who makes and stocks the replacement parts? And what happens if someone accidentally throws it into a landfill anyway? Similarly for the glass bottle, it might be infinitely recyclable, but will that actually happen? What if the recycler does not have the capacity? Or what if no-one wants to buy the recycled glass bottles afterwards?

You see, there is no such thing as a perfectly circular product or material. How circular something really is depends on the whole value chain working together to make that work. This is why your understanding of your context and your ability to collaborate across your value chain is so important.*
