Circular Economy For Dummies
by Kyle J. Ritchie (Author), Eric Corey Freed  (Author)

About the Author
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 spea-ker. He is a sought-after lecturer who has educated over 250,000 people on sustainability and high-performance building.

About this Book
A circular economy is an economic system designed to save money, eliminate waste, and achieve deep sustainability. No-brainer, right? Circular Economy For Dummies explains why the old way of doing things (the take-make-waste model of a linear economy) is fast going the way of the dinosaurs, and it gets you ready to think circular. From business processes and material lifecycles to circular design in just about every industry, this book is a fascinating glimpse into the sustainable future we urgently need.

Whether you’re a designer looking to create better products, a manufacturer looking to streamline your operations, or simply looking to develop a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, this book shows you how. Learn how to innovate for a circular economy, how to turn trash into treasure, and how to calculate the (potentially large) amount of money this will save you. And―bonus―you'll feel good doing the right thing and being a part of our regenerative future!

• Challenge the assumptions behind the old-school "linear economy" model
• Learn how we can work together to achieve a waste-free future
• Save money by rethinking your resource use or business supply chain
• Reimagine households, neighborhoods, schools, companies, and societies
  

The future is circular. Buck business-as-usual and learn how to create a circular economy for all!

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

Publisher : Wiley; 1st edition (April 9, 2021)
Language : English
Pages : 432
ISBN-10 : 1119716381
ISBN-13 : 978-1119716389