Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

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Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

  • Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy What is the circular economy? Replacing the linear ‘throw away and replace’ culture with a circular ‘return and renew’ one.
  • Date: Jun 27, 2019
  • Category: Sustainability
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This video by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presents a basic introduction to the concept of the circular economy, which seeks to replace the linear 'throw away and replace' culture with a circular 'return and renew' one, where products and components are designed to be disassembled and regenerated into new products. The circular economy concept has already been adopted by many companies today, from light bulbs to mobile phones.

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation

  • Tags : Sustainability, circular economy

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