Root causes and actions needed

The previous sections laid out a collection of circular strategies that Sweden may employ to cut its material footprint and launch its journey towards a circular economy. While it provides some anecdotal evidence of beneficial initiatives happening per intervention, it is clear that the actions needed aren't taking place at the scale or speed necessary to relieve environmental pressures. This chapter will explore why that is, diving into root causes—the key factors that have hindered the realisation of each 'what if' scenario in the Swedish context. It closes with a broad analysis of potential actions needed to bring the scenarios to life and enhance circularity in Sweden. This work has been based on Circle Economy's quantitative analysis in addition to qualitative literature reviews, interviews with in-house sectoral experts from RISE and input from reference group meetings conducted over the course of this study.[185] The root causes and actions needed have been clustered into four categories. The examples selected are non-exhaustive and are focused on the scenarios and underlying interventions that have an impact on the Metric. The cases provided are illustrative and may be relevant to multiple scenarios.