PlanningUrbanORegional

How do we embed circular economy in practice?

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It's obvious how circularity is missing or rather excluded from current processes and systems, in its existing shape.

How is it that your phone and accessories, fashion products and other lifestyle products-

[01]. Become outdated next year or next season, (made to believe that way, orchestrated reality, messed up collective consciousness, fast fashion and more)

[02]. Become faulty or near junk in 3 to 5 year with minuscule or no value or rather a liability (fragile by intention, designed to last only few years or months or weeks, designed for "repair impossible", outdated by design)

What do we do about -

[01].IDEA OF PRODUCTS BECOMING OUTDATED SOON

EDUCATE -

1a. Adding circular economy in educational curriculum including school and across higher education irrespective of stream, for awareness of those who become consumers, producers and decision makers tomorrow. Knowledge makes responsible behaviour possible.

SENSE MAKING-

1.b. Ease of access to trusted measurement matrix and legit interactive visualization tools (app, sensors ect.) for confrontation with material that we consume, and waste that we produce by individual action and or collectively as society. See it to believe it, to make responsible day to day and big choices.

[02]. PRODUCTS FAILING FAST AND GETTING OBSOLETE OR REDUNDANT SOONER

CURB AND INCENTIVIZE WHAT YOU CAN-

2.a. Curb the fragile design practice by stringent regulatory measures and responsible industry practice

2.b Incentivize the robust design practice, i.e. designing products that lasts, that are easy to repair, to keep products and material in use and in loop as long as possible.

MAKING REPAIR EASY

2.c. Incentivize repair at doorstep to see the impact

2.d. Statutory recognition of repair centers, as integral part of public and semi public facility (PSP) land use

2.e. "Return or repair everything under one roof", along with logistic support, and in accessible places within cities, ideally in CBD, for every product which you find broken or acting up in household.

WHAT IT TAKES

Not much, mere intention, willingness, strategy and some math!

Author: Anoop Jha

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