[Reader-list] (indiaclimatejustice) Five ‘Rs’ of Circular Economy- Reduce, Reuse, Refurbish, Repair and Recycle

Tue May 17 02:17:44 CDT 2016

Thanks.

Part of the problem is the speculative measure being used in defining Big
and Small. For instance unless it has some effect on money I.e. most
commonly used measure of all things today no gives it attention.

What we need is to despeculate each of the economic notion and bring it
down the real level. For example wealth in terms of per capita shared water
with anybody.

Regards

Yunus
On May 17, 2016 12:35 PM, "Nagraj Adve" <nagraj.adve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree re the more than taxation needed .. that's only a small part of
> what's needed. We are going in the other direction with tax freebies to the
> rich, reduced wealth tax.
> To me a key problem is that we have political alternatives but not any
> economic alternatives on the *scale* necessary. And I don't mean conceptual
> arguments like degrowth. I mean actual experiences, models that work etc.
> Existing models are rich but small. To the degree that capitalism works, it
> does so because it works at scale. For all its problems and crises, it's
> also a very resilient system.
> Nagraj
>
> On 17 May 2016 at 12:00, Patrice Riemens <patrice at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >
> > Quite correct assessment, valid also for countries in the North, where
> > joining various 'R' schemes often looks like a playground for hipsters,
> > with not very much consideration given to impact and 'making mass'. So
> you
> > see all kinds of 'happy DIY citizens' starting/joining all kinds of
> > initiatives with the benediction (but little else) of the authorities who
> > then go on to capture the PR credits.
> > I am afraid much more is needed than tweeking the tax system (which the
> > corporates escape anyway ...). It's a complete social 9& hence political/
> > economic) revolution which is in order. Together with 'Reduce', the most
> > important thing I admit, I'd like to add 'Simplify' and 'Slow Down'.
> >
> > Cheerio, p+5D!
> >
> > On 2016-05-17 07:41, Nagraj Adve wrote:
> >
> >> The catch is in the first R - reduce. We live in an economic system
> based
> >> on increase, not reduce. It's been on 3.5% growth since 1950, 1.6% a
> year
> >> since 1700.
> >> Nor does anyone I know among the middle/ upper middle class reduce their
> >> consumption in even remotely a significant way, barring one or two at
> >> most.
> >> In the global warming context I mean.
> >> We need to talk about reduced incomes of the rich/ higher income and
> >> wealth
> >> tax etc if we want to Reduce or any of the other R's that follow.
> >> Nagraj
> >>
> >> On 17 May 2016 at 10:54, Kabir Khan <kabirkhan1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Five ‘Rs’ of Circular Economy- Reduce, Reuse, Refurbish, Repair and
> >>> Recycle
> >>> <
> >>>
> https://wastenarratives.com/2016/05/17/five-rs-of-circular-economy-reduce-reuse-refurbish-repair-and-recycle/
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> Have you ever pondered over the role played by the neighbourhood-
> >>> cobbler,
> >>> electrician and tailor in recovering resources and reducing waste? Most
> >>> of
> >>> us have never even noticed them. If I say that they like wastepickers
> and
> >>> recyclers are going to be the pillars of ‘Circular Economy’ envisioned
> by
> >>> economically advanced countries, will you believe me?
> >>>
> >>> I am assured that your first question will be ‘What is circular
> economy?’
> >>>
> >>> According to the authors- Peter Lacy & Jakob Rutqvist of the book
> ‘Waste
> >>> to Wealth- The Circular Economy Advantage’, ‘
> >>>
> >>> *Shifting to a circular model means changing our linear economy’s
> supply
> >>> logic. We will need more renewable energy, more biomaterials and
> >>> biochemical that can degrade safely, and more technical materials like
> >>> metals that are designed to use recovered secondary material and for
> low
> >>> cost end of life recycling, effectively closing the manufacturing loop.
> >>> We
> >>> need components designed for reuse and products that can be upgraded
> and
> >>> refurbished rather than discarded and replaced. This is critical supply
> >>> side of circular economy. *
> >>>
> >>> With devastated natural landscapes, rising temperatures- it is
> essential
> >>> that mankind moves away from a linear model of growth- where we
> produce,
> >>> consume a little and throw away the rest. Circular economy concept
> offers
> >>> an option, where we reduce our dependence on natural environments for
> >>> resources, make the planet more liveable and leave a lot behind for
> >>> generations to cherish.
> >>>
> >>> The circular model for food security and organic waste management
> exists.
> >>> The left overs of food or material used for production of food, human
> >>> excreta all can decompose and take the form of compost or organic
> >>> fertilizer, enriching the soil, increasing its productivity and leaving
> >>> us
> >>> with more food. Continued here....
> >>> <
> >>>
> https://wastenarratives.com/2016/05/17/five-rs-of-circular-economy-reduce-reuse-refurbish-repair-and-recycle/
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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> >>>
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