| Focus on throughput of materials Stelling1 #344108 Throughput - that is the linear model of : extract, manufacture, use, discard - is unsustainable as it is, let alone subject to the absurdity of everlasting economic growth. Transition to a stable, cyclical model of production - recycle, manufacture, repair, re-use, recycle - combined with many other ecologically informed activities, will generate more jobs and, providing human population growth ceases, can enable us to maintain prosperity without damaging our life-support systems. |
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