Material Matters: Developing Business for a Circular Economy eBook

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Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear ‘take-make-waste’ economy. Material Matters shows a way of creating a circular economy by using the unlimited resources we have: renewable energy, data and intelligence. It describes a system based on circular business models centred on selling performance rather than ownership, designing products and buildings as resource banks and equipping products with a ‘material passport’ to ensure their usability for future generations. Businesses thereby become custodians of materials, rather than consumers of materials and sellers of products. The book evokes the vision of a radically new economic model based on a compelling narrative, supported with cases that have been developed in conjunction with major companies, for example, convincing Philips to sell light instead of lamps, saving energy and materials by creating a whole new business model, a case which has become iconic for the circular economy. Material Matters is not a somber analysis of the state of the planet but a concrete and comprehensive agenda for change, offering perspectives for taking action for business and individual consumers alike.

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Additional ISBNs
9781032193274, 9781003258674, 9781032718149, 9781000813098

Material Matters: Developing Business for a Circular Economy 1st Edition is written by Thomas Rau; Sabine Oberhuber and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Material Matters are 9781000813128, 1000813126 and the print ISBNs are 9781032193267, 1032193263. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781032193274, 9781003258674, 9781032718149, 9781000813098.