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Week 6 summary

Week 6 summary

In this week we have seen how economic and environmental reasons urge for the reduction of waste and a better use of natural resources. There are already several solutions for these issues, such as recycling, refurbishing, and reusing product returns. These solutions are effective but only solve limited parts of the problem. A circular Economy aims at combining these solutions and at designing an entire economic framework that is restorative and regenerative by intention and design.

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