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White paper: Upscale and circular business models
Third white paper of the series on
Transition to sustainable composites: use, recycling, upscale & remanufacturing.
Rethinking business models is essential to align the entire value chain with circular economy principles, and maximise benefits of materials and processes advancement. Extending product lifetimes and designing for disassembly of composite materials can reduce raw material demand and energy consumption, while enabling new circular business models based on long-term performance contracts and “Product-as-a-Service” approaches.