Many depictions of Circular Economy exist, but few recognise the fact that due to thermodynamics, the circle cannot be closed. So I tried to build a model with a spiral to illustrate this. This uses \foreach so it should be relatively straightforward to adjust it for any other number of stages etc.
\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \usepgflibrary {shadings} \begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={font=\sffamily}] \def\mycircle{4.5} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} \def\phi{51.4285}; \foreach [count=\i] \farb in {yellow, green, blue, red, green, yellow, gray} \shadedraw[inner color=\farb!40,draw=none] (0:0) -- (-\i*\phi:\mycircle) arc (-\i*\phi:-\i*\phi+\phi:\mycircle) -- cycle; \begin{scope}[very thick,decoration={ markings, mark=between positions 0.1 and 0.9 step 0.05 with {\arrow{>}}} ] \draw[->,>=latex,ultra thick,postaction={decorate}] [domain=0:25,variable=\t,smooth,samples=75] plot ({-\t r}: {0.007*\t*\t}); \end{scope} \foreach [count=\i] \farb/\m/\n in {% yellow/Design/, green/Produktion/, blue/Integration/, red/Betrieb/, green/2nd Life/, yellow/Recycling/, gray/Rohmaterial/% } {% \node[fill=\farb!10] (node\i) at (-\i*\phi+\phi/2:3.5) {\textbf{\i. \m} }; % \node[fill=white,draw] (mile\n) at (-\i*\phi:5) {\n}; % \draw (mile\n) -- (0:0); \draw[-{Triangle[width=18pt,length=8pt]}, line width=8pt] (0:0) -- (node\i); } \filldraw[fill=white, draw, thick] (0:0) node {\parbox{3cm}{\centering \textbf{ Qualifiziertes\\ Personal } }} circle (1.9); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}