Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy : Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet?

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 requiremore 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. [Publisher's Text]

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