Post on 13-Jan-2016
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Material Cycle Science Concept
Nik Meriam Nik Sulaiman
Sustainability Science Research Cluster
Universiti Malaya
30 April 2014, Intercontinental Hotel, KL
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Start – Waste
Material Cycle ScienceConcept
Circular Economy
End – Waste
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1 Is waste a “dirty” word?
Linear vs circular ?
Is this new?
Can we go beyond zero waste?
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Linear vs Circular EconomyLimits of linear
consumption
Ref: World Economic Forum Report :Towards the Circular Economy: Jan 2014
From linear to circular economy?
•Restorative or regenerative by intention and design
•Elimination of waste through the superior design of materials, products, systems, and business models
•In 2010, 65 billion tonnes raw materials enter the system•82 billion tonnes in 2020
•Global trends driving transition to the circular economy:
• Resource constraints• Increasing demand• Employment• A new type of consumer• Shift in socio-
demographics• Enabling technology• Legislation
TAKE MAKE DISPOSE
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Flagship projects for material sector
• ‘Golden oldies’:
• ‘High potentials’:
• ‘Rough diamonds’:
• ‘Future blockbusters’:
well-established high volume recycled waste purity (PET, glass, and steel)
high volume but lack systemic reuse (polymer)
large volume by-products (CO₂ and food waste)
innovative materials with breakthrough potential (bio-based materials)
“Sound Material-Cycle Society”
Formulation of the Basic Plan for
Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle
Society
A: Closed-loop system for waste management
Source: NWMS , Osaka, Honda
Concept of a Sound-Material Cycle Society
Key Dates:2003:1st Basic Plan
2007: Review
2008:2nd Basic Plan
2015:Indicators & target
2025Long Term
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Beyond zero waste?
• Our value system: WasatiyyahZuhudIstiqamah
• Lifestyle choices:Patterns of consumption
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