Material Matters: Developing Business for a Circular Economy

by Thomas Rau and Sabine Oberhuber

Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear 'take-make-waste' economy.

Material Matters shows a way of creating a circular economy by using the unlimited resources we have: renewable energy, data and intelligence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032193263
• ISBN13: 9781032193267
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages