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Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy - Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet? (Hardcover)
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Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy - Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet? (Hardcover)
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How the marriage of Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy can
radically transform waste management--and our world Do we really
have to make a choice between a wasteless and nonproductive world
or a wasteful and ultimately self-destructive one? Futurist and
world-renowned waste management scientist Antonis Mavropoulos and
sustainable business developer and digital strategist Anders Nilsen
respond with a ringing and optimistic "No!" They explore the
Earth-changing potential of a happy (and wasteless) marriage
between Industry 4.0 and a Circular Economy that could--with
properly reshaped waste management practices--deliver
transformative environmental, health, and societal benefits. This
book is about the possibility of a brand-new world and the
challenges to achieve it. The fourth industrial revolution has
given us innovations including robotics, artificial intelligence,
3D-printing, and biotech. By using these technologies to advance
the Circular Economy--where industry produces more durable
materials and runs on its own byproducts--the waste management
industry will become a central element of a more sustainable world
and can ensure its own, but well beyond business as usual, future.
Mavropoulos and Nilsen look at how this can be achieved--a
wasteless world will require more waste management--and examine
obstacles and opportunities such as demographics, urbanization,
global warming, and the environmental strain caused by the rise of
the global middle class. - Explore the new prevention, reduction,
and elimination methods transforming waste management - Comprehend
and capitalize on the business implications for the sector -
Understand the theory via practical examples and case studies -
Appreciate the social benefits of the new approach Waste-management
has always been vital for the protection of health and the
environment. Now it can become a crucial role model in showing how
Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy can converge to ensure
flourishing, sustainable--and much brighter--future.
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