How Circular is the Circular Economy?
<p>The circular economy – the newest magical word in the sustainable development vocabulary – promises economic growth without environmental destruction or waste. However, growth makes a circular economy impossible, even if we recycle all raw materials and all recycling is 100% efficient. No technology can change that because it’s not a technological problem. In addition, many modern products are too complex to recycle. In this series of articles, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE explores how the circularity of various technologies like bicycles, solar panels, and wind turbines evolves. Placing the recycling of resources in a historical context makes clear that we are not moving toward a circular economy but rather increasingly away from it.</p>
Authors: Kris De Decker
Editors: Kathy Vanhout
Designer: Lauren Traugott-Campbell, Marie Verdeil
Producer: Johanna Gratzer, Laia Comellas, Marie Verdeil
Part of: Low-tech Books