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The ‘linear economy’ that drove 20th-century leaps in wealth is no longer sustainable, and our standard of living will not survive without a dramatic redesign.
Australia’s relative share of global economic opportunity derived from smarter use of materials, energy and water could be $26 billion each year by 2025. Here are four ways Australia could make the most of the circular economy boom.
Every year massive amounts of valuable resources are deemed “waste” and consigned to landfill. Take the UK – around 540 million tonnes of products and materials enter the country annually, but only 117…
The concept of the circular economy has left the realm of academic theory and entered the world of business. The price of natural resources and materials is soaring, and in response to volatile markets…
Imagine your smartphone’s screen gets smashed, or your bike wheel gets buckled, or your favourite boots get a hole in them. What do you do? You could buy a replacement. Or you could join the worldwide…
In the industrial era, economic growth has become equated with human progress, with a fundamental assumption that material growth and consumption inevitably leads to improvements in our well-being. Over…
When the who’s who of business and world leaders met at last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos a different industrial model was on the agenda: the circular economy. It’s a term the average person may…
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Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Fashion, Marketing and Sustainability, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
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Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor, Global Management Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster
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Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Clothing Sustainability research groups, Nottingham Trent University
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