# Pastry Index

**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/pastry-index/3469
**Category:** Plastic & Waste
**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/pastry-index/3469 "2024-08-08T10:56:51Z")
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### Author: ![Rishi](https://grove.rainmatter.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rishi](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/Rishi)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/pastry-index/3469/1 "2024-08-08T10:56:51Z")

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Hi, I wrote this blog post yesterday and also shared the broad thought at a recent discussion on the draft circular economy paper [here](https://circulareconomy.earth/publications/circular-economy-futures-2050).

Unless market mechanism and individual social responsibility does not kick in good solutions will always be held hostage to CSR and HNI donations.

> **[The Pastry Index of Human Evolution](https://rishiaggarwaal.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/the-pastry-index-of-human-evolution/)**
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> Key thoughts Funds and resources for waste management solutions should come from exactly the same funding mechanisms which are available for human activities which generate waste. If a bulk of your…