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SUMMARY:CSAR lecture: Is recycling just a load of rubbish? - Dr. Claire Ba
 rlow\, Institute for Manufacturing\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20241118T193000Z
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:Or what should we be doing with our end-of-life materials?\n\n
 We use a lot of stuff\, and then throw it away so that it becomes someone 
 else’s problem. What happens to our rubbish? How much of it could have a
  second life as something useful? How does this fit with the need to make 
 money? But the bottom line is that we need to become more frugal with the 
 earth’s resources\, and end-of-life materials have a big part to play. I
 n jargon\, we need to move from a linear material usage model to a circula
 r economy.\n\nThe answers are very variable depending on the type of mater
 ial and what has been done to it to make the products that we use. Recycli
 ng is part of the picture\, but it may not be the only solution and may no
 t be the best approach in some cases. How does it stack up in environmenta
 l and economic terms? We will explore different approaches to closing the 
 materials usage loop particularly for metals and plastics and consider wha
 t optimal practices might look like.\n\nMore details "here":https://www.cs
 ar.org.uk/lectures/2024-2025/20241118_barlow/.
LOCATION:Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, and Zoom
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