In this whiteboard animation video, I clarify what we imply by round economic system, I’m going via all of the issues we are able to do to go from our present economic system to a round economic system and I exploit many examples. If you get pleasure from this video please subscribe http://alturl.com/jc8u6
The Circular Economy: A User’s Guide by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Tea kettle instance on this video: https://youtu.be/2L4B-Vpvx1A
https://www.routledge.com/The-Circular-Economy-A-Users-Guide-1st-Edition/Stahel/p/book/9780367200176
Cradle to Cradle: https://www.abebooks.com/9780865475878/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Things-William-0865475873/plp
00:00 Intro
00:33 Definition of round economic system
01:40 Technical supplies
03:44 Biological supplies
04:14 Substitution & dematerialization examples
05:34 Book suggestion & ending
▶ Update on Interface and dematerialization (4:51): though Interface affords the service of leasing the product, it must be clarified that the demand for that is nonetheless fairly small in 2020 and the corporate nonetheless sells numerous its carpet. The rising curiosity in society in round economic system helps them enhance the take again charges. Instead of claiming that “Interface is in charge of maintaining and repairing the product”, it might be extra correct to say they take the accountability for upkeep and take again in cooperation with specialised cleansing corporations and their set up companions when the product is bought underneath their take again program ReEntry® in place since 1995.
Examples: copper and lithium as a restricted assets, substitution of lithium-ion batteries with sodium-ion batteries, the corporate Interface for instance of dematerialization with its modular carpet). Circular economic system is just one step towards sustainability and sustainable improvement.
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When my son was 3 years outdated and asking his mummy what was this “circular economy” factor she was engaged on, here’s what she instructed him: it’s when every part is healthy food for one thing else. So easy and candy. I find it irresistible! In different phrases, it means running the economic system like nature runs its personal enterprise: crops use carbon dioxide and vitamins to develop and produce oxygen. Animals use oxygen and create carbon dioxide and vitamins. Nothing is wasted. It is a closed loop system. Circular economic system is usually against the linear economic system (take-make-waste) we have now been running for a few years. Some individuals additionally use the time period cradle to cradle versus cradle to grave.”
We can break up into two classes the issues that we have to run into closed loops: technical and organic supplies.
Two transition methods might be very useful as we try to create a round economic system: substitution and dematerialization. Substitution is about utilizing totally different assets to realize the identical purpose. For occasion, the world is running out of lithium so until we are able to recycle lithium batteries extra effectively, Sodium-Ion batteries could be a greater choice for automobile producers sooner or later.
Dematerialization refers to utilizing much less of a useful resource to serve the identical financial operate in society. For occasion, Interface is the world’s largest designer and maker of business modular carpet. But they don’t promote the carpet anymore, their prospects purchase the service of getting carpet on their flooring. Interface is answerable for sustaining and repairing the carpet they usually do this very effectively as a result of it’s their specialty they usually management your entire course of. Using tiles, they’ll exchange solely those that want changing. The outdated tiles return to the manufacturing facility to be recycled the place new tiles are made with 98% recycled or bio-based content material. How is that for nearly round?
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