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What is Cradle to Cradle

Chapter 1
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Development and Opportunities in Circular Economy
It is a design concept inspired by nature formed by a biological cycle, for products to consumption, and a technical cycle, for products for services.
Published in Chapter:
Circular Economy: An Emerging Paradigm – Concept, Principles, and Characteristics
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez (The Enzo Faletto Center for Studies and Research, University of Santiago de Chile and the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5116-5.ch001
Abstract
Humankind wastes resources in a way that is unsustainable over time, which makes it necessary and desirable to implement waste recycling policies that benefit all of humanity. The arrival of the circular economy is strengthening the environmental awareness of the population as well as more efficient use of scarce resources on the planet. In addition to the circular economy, this chapter briefly analyzes the different models that currently exist to combat the deterioration of the environment, since it is the responsibility of current generations to leave a better world for future generations.
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Chapter 4
Linear Economy to Circular Economy: Planned Obsolescence to Cradle-to-Cradle Product Perspective
A business strategy based on the idea of using biodegradable parts of a finished product as biodegradable and using non-soluble as technical nutrient as raw material to produce the same product or another product, thus obtaining endless use.
Published in Chapter: Linear Economy to Circular Economy: Planned Obsolescence to Cradle-to-Cradle Product Perspective; From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Development and Opportunities in Circular Economy
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