ENV DES 4C Chapter Notes - Chapter article: World Economic Forum, Circular Economy, Mckinsey & Company
2 Apr 2019
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1: commodity price volatility, new materials tech, changing consumer demands. & deps on labor market design but eu ~1mil. Key message #2: circular supply chains are running and global: ex. 1: secondary fibre stream: paper, cardboard, economics improve as, raw materials prices rise, costs of est. reverse cycles decline, favorable trends, urbanization concentrate demand, allows tigheter cycles, advanced tracking/treatment techs better logistics, gov. stimuli (ex. Key message #4: materials formulations = key: new additives ea. Year: so must tame materials complexity , pure materials @ scale, reorganize flows of pure materials , econ benefits, make investment in reverse cycles profitable. Key message #5: 4 materials categories = prime candidates. Vi: golden oldies, high-value recyclates w/ purity challenge, ex. Co2 & food waste: valorization tech is emerging, future blockbusters. Innovative materials a: potential to enable improvement of materials productivity (ex. 3d printing: or fully restorative cycles (bio-based materials) Key message #6: use trigger projects: choose signature material from ea.
