Due to the continuous rise of the global economy and the earth’s population at the same time, the need for organic resources, like minerals, metals and fossil fuels is growing. This not only means the question regarding the depletion of organic resources but also affects the climate and environment. Thinking in circles is a method that assists us to comprehend how a material, such as, zinc makes its way all through mining, production, product life, and recycling, but also directs to efficient measures for optimization and vary in the approach of popular zinc manufacturer to more resource-oriented ways to produce, use as well as recycle zinc. Circularity is a means to the sustainability of zinc. The series of production, use and recycling lets for maximum effectiveness and re-use. Zinc stocks and flows assay (The zinc cycle) Zinc adheres to a multifaceted life cycled from extractions as an ore, via modification and use in society, to the ultimate collection a...