Promoting awareness of public policy issues; Promoting public awareness of public policy issues, namely the circular economy; Public policy research services; Providing public policy information via a website; Public policy and business management research services and public policy and business management education and information in the fields of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials; Analyzing and compiling data for public policy and industry research purposes, reporting of trends and preparing recommendations as it relates to education and information in the fields of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials; Promoting public interest and awareness of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials; Public policy and business management research and data analysis services in the fields of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials; International public policy and business management research services, education and information in the fields of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials; Promoting the exchange of information and resources within the scientific research communities to achieve advances in the field of 21st century transformational science; Providing public policy and business management information via a web site; Promoting collaboration within the scientific, research and provider communities to achieve advances in the field of closed loop supply chains, circular economy, sustainable manufacturing, reducing embodied energy in manufacturing and industrial processes, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing and industrial processes, reducing the use of primary materials and increasing the supply and use of secondary materials in manufacturing and industrial processes, increasing the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recovery and recycling of materials.

In-person and online seminars offered in support of scientific research and development by and for member organizations comprising U.S. industry, academic and national laboratories including their professionals and students, namely, design for re-x (reuse, recycling, recovery, remanufacturing) in closed-loop supply chains, systems analysis, remanufacturing, recycling, and materials optimization, for reducing embodied-energy and decreasing carbon emissions in U.S. materials manufacturing, namely, early stage research and development carried out by member organizations to reduce the energy consumed during a product's life cycle, including energy consumed while in use and in the disposal or remanufacture of the product, and carbon emissions associated with industrial-scale materials production and processing; Educational services, namely, developing, arranging, and conducting educational conferences and programs and providing courses of instruction in the field of re-x (reuse, recycling, recovery, remanufacturing) and materials optimization; Publication of online texts of conference proceeding featuring scholars, researchers and scientists in the field of re-x (reuse, recycling, recovery, remanufacturing) and materials optimization for educational purposes online texts of conference proceeding featuring scholars, researchers and scientists in the field of re-x (reuse, recycling, recovery, remanufacturing) and materials optimization for educational purposes

Scientific research and development carried out by and for member organizations comprising U.S. industry, academic and national laboratories, namely design for re-x (reuse, recycling, recovery, remanufacturing) in closed-loop supply chains, system analysis, remanufacturing, recycling and materials optimization, for reducing embodied energy and decreasing carbon emissions in U.S. materials manufacturing, namely early stage research and development carried out by member organizations to reduce the energy consumed during a product's life cycle, including energy consumed while in use and in the disposal or remanufacture of the product, and carbon emissions associated with industrial-scale materials production and processing; Scientific research and development for reducing embodied-energy and decreasing emissions in materials manufacturing, namely early stage research and development carried out by members to reduce the embodied energy and carbon emissions associated with industrial-scale materials production and processing