Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy
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Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy

Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet?

Antonis Mavropoulos, Anders Waage Nilsen

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Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy

Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet?

Antonis Mavropoulos, Anders Waage Nilsen

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How the marriage of Industry4.0and theCircularEconomycanradicallytransform waste management—andourworld

Do wereallyhave to make a choice between a wastelessand nonproductiveworldorawastefulandultimately self-destructive one? Futuristandworld-renownedwaste managementscientistAntonis Mavropoulosand sustainablebusiness developer and digital strategist Anders Nilsenrespondwitha ringing and optimistic"No!"TheyexploretheEarth-changingpotential ofa happy (and wasteless)marriage betweenIndustry 4.0andaCircularEconomythat could—withproperlyreshapedwastemanagement practices—delivertransformativeenvironmental, health, and societalbenefits.This book is about the possibility of abrand-newworld and the challenges to achieve it.

Thefourth industrial revolutionhasgiven us innovationsincludingrobotics, artificial intelligence, 3D-printing, andbiotech.Byusingthesetechnologiestoadvance theCircular Economy—whereindustryproduces more durable materials andruns onits own byproducts—the wastemanagementindustrywill become a central element of a more sustainable world andcan ensure itsown, but well beyond business as usual, future.Mavropoulos and Nilsenlook at howthis can be achieved—a wasteless world will require more waste management—and examineobstacles and opportunities such asdemographics, urbanization, global warming, andthe environmental straincausedbythe rise of theglobalmiddle class.

· Explorethenewprevention, reduction, and elimination methodstransformingwaste management

· Comprehend and capitalizeon the business implicationsfor the sector

· Understandthe theory viapractical examples and case studies

· Appreciate the social benefitsofthe new approach

Waste-managementhasalwaysbeen vital for theprotection ofhealth and the environment.Now itcanbecomeacrucialrole modelinshowing howIndustry4.0and theCircular Economycanconvergeto ensureflourishing, sustainable—and muchbrighter—future.

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Publisher
Wiley
Year
2020
ISBN
9781119699330
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Organic Chemistry

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    Citation styles for Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy

    APA 6 Citation

    Mavropoulos, A., & Nilsen, A. W. (2020). Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy (1st ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1699426/industry-40-and-circular-economy-pdf (Original work published 2020)

    Chicago Citation

    Mavropoulos, Antonis, and Anders Waage Nilsen. (2020) 2020. Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy. 1st ed. Wiley. https://www.perlego.com/book/1699426/industry-40-and-circular-economy-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Mavropoulos, A. and Nilsen, A. W. (2020) Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy. 1st edn. Wiley. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1699426/industry-40-and-circular-economy-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Mavropoulos, Antonis, and Anders Waage Nilsen. Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy. 1st ed. Wiley, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.