{"product_id":"how-circular-is-the-circular-economy","title":"How circular is the circular economy?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe circular economy Ð the newest magical word in the sustainable development vocabulary Ð 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContents table: \u003cbr\u003e\nHow circular is the circular economy?\u003cbr\u003e\nCan we make bicycles sustainable again?\u003cbr\u003e\nPlastic waste in the fuel tank?\u003cbr\u003e\nRecycling animal and human manure is the key to sustainable farming\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to make wind power sustainable again?\u003cbr\u003e\nReinventing the small wind turbine\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to build a low-tech solar panel?\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to escape from the Iron Age?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains 51 images in black \u0026amp; white.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kris De Decker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44930960818337,"sku":"9781445759913","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/84n2mvv-front-shortedge-384_34ee7ce5-d719-43e2-b86c-4c61d52d29f3.jpg?v=1748300099","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/how-circular-is-the-circular-economy","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}