Circular Economy For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119716389 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 432 str.

Consumer Dummies

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Part 1: Linear Is Out, Circular Is In: An Economic Revolution 9 Chapter 1: Rejecting Waste, Rethinking Materials, and Redesigning the World 11 Chapter 2: What's Wrong with Being Linear, Anyway? 23 Chapter 3: A Growing Demand for a Circular Economy 41 Chapter 4: From Linear To Circular: What You Need To Know 57 Part 2: Rethinking Business for a Circular Economy 77 Chapter 5: Identifying Your Business Opportunities 79 Chapter 6: Rethinking the Conventional Business Model 95 Chapter 7: Exploring the Essentials of a Circular Business Model 113 Chapter 8: 'Round and 'Round: Making Your Products Circular 127 Chapter 9: From Trash to Treasure: Converting Waste into Products 139 Part 3: Rethinking Material Lifecycles: The Circular Perspective 163 Chapter 10: Understanding the Circular Material Lifecycle 165 Chapter 11: Analyzing Material Lifecycle Processes 179 Chapter 12: Improving the Material Lifecycle 195 Chapter 13: It All Comes Down to Selecting the Right Materials 207 Chapter 14: Circular Materials, Products, and Packaging 227 Part 4: Redesigning the Future to be Circular 245 Chapter 15: The Circular Economy of Food Production 247 Chapter 16: Circularity for Design 259 Chapter 17: Circular Economy for Builders, Makers, and Manufacturers 275 Chapter 18: The Circular Economy for Fashion and Clothing 297 Part 5: Creating a Circular Economy for All 317 Chapter 19: Understanding an Individual's Circular Opportunities 319 Chapter 20: Creating a Career in the Circular Economy 335 Chapter 21: A Global Vision of a Circular Economy 345 Part 6: The Part of Tens 359 Chapter 22: Ten Questions to Ask About Your Material Lifecycle 361 Chapter 23: Ten Questions to Foster Innovative Thinking 367 Chapter 24: Ten Questions to Ask about Your Supply Chain 373 Chapter 25: Ten Questions That Reveal How Much Your Waste Is Costing You 381 Index 389

O autorze

Kyle J. Ritchie is the Education Sustainable Design Lead at Cannon Design in Chicago and an Adjunct Professor at the Boston Architectural College. Eric Corey Freed is an award-winning architect, 12-time author, and global speaker. He is a sought-after lecturer who has educated over 250,000 people on sustainability and high-performance building.