I think most people would agree that this is a superior system (and an increasingly necessary one). Wonder more what changes would need to occur and the economic actors best-placed to make them.
Loving the concept. And yet, recycling / remanufacturing goods releases pollution too. How could we prevent or capture that pollution to ensure a perfect hermetic circular economy?
In broad strokes, my guess would be that regulatory pressure to adopt this cycle would lead private sector companies to innovate and find ways to avoid pollution, reduce waste or capture leftovers for further use. If you're speaking on a technical level, I'd bet we already have these kinds of technologies or tools to develop them.
How about bringing experts to demonstrate this?
Wouldn’t it be a productive conversation if experts and consumers discuss this topic together?
Industrials have probably a lot to learn from consumers to best adapt their recycling models.
On the other hand, to help consumers change behaviour and opt for leased recycled products, they probably need to hear the benefits of the change from experts.
What do you think ?
@Emma Meheust What experts? How would they demonstrate it?
Yes, in broad strokes that sounds wise. Then again, people are not nearly so easy to sway as one might hope and far more impervious to reason than one would expect given what we've managed to accomplish as a species. Nor am I inclined to believe that large companies founded on decidedly non-circular model have much interest in actually buying in when it's within their power to continue in the current system, as is the case with a fair number of consumer goods. (We see organic fruits and vegetables not because a majority of people decided to stop buying conventional produce, but because farmers/grocers realized a select group of consumers would pay more for them and that this select group is large enough to make it worth their while to grow them.)
So, which experts are talking? To which consumers? In what forum? How do such conversations turn into actionable results?
I see “expert” like someone that tried a methodology successfully. We can potentially bring methodology successful people in a subject matter (farming for example) in connection with a local community of consumer.
I think most people would agree that this is a superior system (and an increasingly necessary one). Wonder more what changes would need to occur and the economic actors best-placed to make them.
Also, found this video quite helpful in understanding how the concept applies to consumer or industrial products/processes: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
Loving the concept. And yet, recycling / remanufacturing goods releases pollution too. How could we prevent or capture that pollution to ensure a perfect hermetic circular economy?
In broad strokes, my guess would be that regulatory pressure to adopt this cycle would lead private sector companies to innovate and find ways to avoid pollution, reduce waste or capture leftovers for further use. If you're speaking on a technical level, I'd bet we already have these kinds of technologies or tools to develop them.
How about bringing experts to demonstrate this? Wouldn’t it be a productive conversation if experts and consumers discuss this topic together? Industrials have probably a lot to learn from consumers to best adapt their recycling models. On the other hand, to help consumers change behaviour and opt for leased recycled products, they probably need to hear the benefits of the change from experts. What do you think ?
@Emma Meheust What experts? How would they demonstrate it?
Yes, in broad strokes that sounds wise. Then again, people are not nearly so easy to sway as one might hope and far more impervious to reason than one would expect given what we've managed to accomplish as a species. Nor am I inclined to believe that large companies founded on decidedly non-circular model have much interest in actually buying in when it's within their power to continue in the current system, as is the case with a fair number of consumer goods. (We see organic fruits and vegetables not because a majority of people decided to stop buying conventional produce, but because farmers/grocers realized a select group of consumers would pay more for them and that this select group is large enough to make it worth their while to grow them.)
So, which experts are talking? To which consumers? In what forum? How do such conversations turn into actionable results?
I see “expert” like someone that tried a methodology successfully. We can potentially bring methodology successful people in a subject matter (farming for example) in connection with a local community of consumer.