Towards the Circular Economy, Vol. 1: An Economic and Business Rationale for an Accelerated Transition¶
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2013). Towards the Circular Economy, Vol. 1: An Economic and Business Rationale for an Accelerated Transition: An Economic and Business Rationale for an Accelerated Transition.
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- Closure
- Autopoiesis (Maturana and Varela, 1972 onwards) is the closure property of living systems: an autopoietic system is closed under the production of its own components, in the sense that the network of molecular processes constituting the system continuously regenerates the network itself. Circular economy design takes material-flow closure (every output of one process is an input to another, with minimal external resource extraction and minimal external waste output) as the central engineering principle; the closure profile of an industrial-ecology design is the primary measure of its sustainability, a framework the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2013) develops as the canonical reference for circular-economy design.
This sourceEllen MacArthur Foundation. Canonical reference framing material-flow closure (every output of one process an input to another, minimal external extraction and waste) as the central engineering principle of circular-economy design.
- Autopoiesis (Maturana and Varela, 1972 onwards) is the closure property of living systems: an autopoietic system is closed under the production of its own components, in the sense that the network of molecular processes constituting the system continuously regenerates the network itself. Circular economy design takes material-flow closure (every output of one process is an input to another, with minimal external resource extraction and minimal external waste output) as the central engineering principle; the closure profile of an industrial-ecology design is the primary measure of its sustainability, a framework the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2013) develops as the canonical reference for circular-economy design.
- Design for Lifecycle Adaptability
- The assessment of lifecycle cost and environmental impact: designing for reuse and recycling, not just operational efficiency
This sourceEllen MacArthur Foundation. Canonical statement of design-for-disassembly, reuse, and material-flow closure — every output of one process is an input to another, with minimal external resource extraction and waste output — as the central engineering principle of circular-economy design, quantifying lifecycle material-cost savings from keeping products/components in use.
- The assessment of lifecycle cost and environmental impact: designing for reuse and recycling, not just operational efficiency
- Modularity
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- Platform Design
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