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Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: melaniejs on 06/03/2020 16:33:10

Title: How does science contribute to the circular economy?
Post by: melaniejs on 06/03/2020 16:33:10

Geoff asks:

How does science contribute to the circular economy and why do we need a circular economy?

Anyone have any thoughts?

Title: Re: How does science contribute to the circular economy?
Post by: chris on 08/03/2020 12:09:21

The point of a circular economy is that you design materials from the get-go with their end-of-life in mind.

Hitherto, we have given precious little thought to what to do with things when they break or are no longer useful. As a result, we end up trying to retrofit a recycling plan to products once they have already accumulated into a problem.