Eric Corey Freed - Circular Economy For Dummies

Circular Economy For Dummies®

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021934617

ISBN: 978-1-119-71638-9; 978-1-119-71639-6 (ebk); 978-1-119-71640-2 (ebk)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book How This Book Is Organized Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Linear Is Out, Circular Is In: An Economic Revolution Chapter 1: Rejecting Waste, Rethinking Materials, and Redesigning the World Rejecting the Idea of Waste Rethinking Material Lifecycles Redesigning the Future to Be Circular Chapter 2: What’s Wrong with Being Linear, Anyway? We’re Taking the Wrong Stuff We’re Making the Wrong Stuff We’re Wasting the Wrong Stuff Change Is Really Hard, We Know Chapter 3: A Growing Demand for a Circular Economy The Drive to Make Money The Drive to Be Healthier The Drive to Be in Compliance A Larger Drive Toward Deep Sustainability Chapter 4: From Linear To Circular: What You Need To Know So Much Chaos: Understanding Entropy Waste = Food: Redefining Disposal Building Resilience Through Diversity: Redefining Strength

6 Part 2: Rethinking Business for a Circular Economy Chapter 5: Identifying Your Business Opportunities Exploring the Benefits of Going Circular Rethink ing the Business Model Examining Business from a Global Perspective Chapter 6: Rethinking the Conventional Business Model Rethinking How We Look at Cost Maximizing Your Value Proposition to Customers Turning Obstacles into Opportunities Chapter 7: Exploring the Essentials of a Circular Business Model The Six Rs: Your New Circularity Mantra Developing a Circular Business Structure: The Bones of the Operation Chapter 8: ’Round and ’Round: Making Your Products Circular Managing Material Lifecycle Performance Making Your Product Lifecycle Smarter How It All Comes Together Chapter 9: From Trash to Treasure: Converting Waste into Products Seeing Why the Circular Economy Is All About Retaining Value Stop Being Linear: It’s a Waste of Time Why Buy Waste When You Can Sell It? Troubleshooting a Wasteful Product Lifecycle

7 Part 3: Rethinking Material Lifecycles: The Circular Perspective Chapter 10: Understanding the Circular Material Lifecycle Viewing the Entire Spectrum of Environmental Impact Understanding the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Butterfly Diagram Chapter 11: Analyzing Material Lifecycle Processes Looking at Material Processes The Lifecycle Principles: Identifying Where Change Can Happen Looking at Opportunities for Optimization Chapter 12: Improving the Material Lifecycle Improving How Material Lifecycles Function Looking at Materials in a New Way Examining Operations in a New Way Connecting Sourcing, Suppliers, and Customers Chapter 13: It All Comes Down to Selecting the Right Materials The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Exploring Materials Oil or Plastics — They're Really Much the Same Thing What’s Harder than Rock? Metals Paper Products and Cardboard Through the Looking Glass And Everything In-Between Identifying Hazardous Materials Sourcing, Ethics, and Standards Chapter 14: Circular Materials, Products, and Packaging Redesigning Materials and Products: The Transition from Linear to Circular How To Keep Materials In Use Forever Shipping Global versus Producing Local

8 Part 4: Redesigning the Future to be Circular Chapter 15: The Circular Economy of Food Production Examining the Two Ways of Producing Food Investigating the Hidden Costs of Agriculture Permaculture to the Rescue Chapter 16: Circularity for Design Redesigning Design Recognizing the Problems Designers Face Creating a Framework for Circular Design Chapter 17: Circular Economy for Builders, Makers, and Manufacturers Assessing a Building’s Lifecycle Selecting Appropriate Building Products We All Embody Carbon Straight from the Open Source Chapter 18: The Circular Economy for Fashion and Clothing Sewing Together the Issue: Where Fashion Is and Where It’s Headed Making It Circular: A Future Forecast for Fashion Comparing Common Fashion Fabrics

9 Part 5: Creating a Circular Economy for All Chapter 19: Understanding an Individual’s Circular Opportunities Looking at the Food You Eat Sizing Up the Products You Buy Evaluating the House You Live In Thinking About the Way You Commute Revisiting the Way You Work Chapter 20: Creating a Career in the Circular Economy Looking at the Future of Jobs Where to Go for More Education Chapter 21: A Global Vision of a Circular Economy Seeing What a Circular Community Looks Like Seeing What a Circular University Looks Like Seeing What a Circular Restaurant and Brewery Look Like