The built environment consumes 40% of all resources globally, generally following the take-make-waste linear economy. By contrast, the circular economy in the built environment is a systems-based industrial framework designed to tackle global sustainability challenges, such as climate change, waste, and biodiversity loss. In a circular economy, products and materials are reused, repaired, recycled, or […]
The built environment consumes 40% of all resources globally, generally following the take-make-waste linear economy. By contrast, the circular economy in the built environment is a systems-based industrial framework designed to tackle global sustainability challenges, such as climate change, waste, and biodiversity loss. In a circular economy, products and materials are reused, repaired, recycled, or […]
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