{"id":4741,"date":"2016-03-29T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2016-04-04T01:54:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:54:38","slug":"recipe-for-a-waste-free-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/recipe-for-a-waste-free-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for a waste-free world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\" alt=\"SMCC-english2\" width=\"255\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A series of comment pieces discuss the circular economy &#8211; where industrial outputs become inputs so that goods at the end of their life turn into resources for other uses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/531435a\" target=\"_blank\">first article<\/a><\/span> Walter Stahel, who coined the concept of the circular economy, argues it is time to shift to a \u201cresource-miser\u201d economy. He calls for more research into technologies for disassembling materials &#8211; \u201cto de-polymerise, de-alloy, de-laminate, de-vulcanise and de-coat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/531440a\" target=\"_blank\">second article<\/a><\/span> researchers call on the Chinese government and the OECD to develop more sophisticated metrics for evaluating how China is progressing towards a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/531438a\" target=\"_blank\">final article<\/a><\/span> a developmental psychologist asks why we value possessions that boost social status, and highlights the need to make having and using recycled goods more socially desirable.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/531435a\" target=\"_blank\">Original research\u00a0papers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in\u00a0<em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>on <strong>March 23<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>First Article:<\/strong> Walter R. Stahel Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, United Kingdom<\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Second Article:<\/strong> John A. Mathews, Macquarie Graduate School of Management at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia<\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Third Article:<\/strong> Bruce Hood, University of Bristol, United Kingdom<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series of comment pieces discuss the circular economy &#8211; where industrial outputs become inputs so that goods at the end of their life turn into resources for other uses. In the first article Walter Stahel, who coined the concept of the circular economy, argues it is time to shift to a \u201cresource-miser\u201d economy. 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