Biosphere Rules Meets 3D Printing

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Nature as a Model: 3D Printing and the Circular Economy

3D printing has the potential to become the manufacturing infrastructure for a sustainable circular economy, because it closely resembles the process that nature uses to create all living things.

Most companies want to operate sustainably, but they often don't know how to integrate sustainability goals into their business models. The circular economy model provides new options that can radically reduce the wastefulness of our current "throughput" economy.

One of those options is 3D printing, which has the potential to become the new manufacturing infrastructure for a sustainable circular economy. Why? Because it closely resembles the manufacturing process that nature itself uses to create all living things.

Based on the article "Circular Economy, 3D Printing, and the Biosphere Rules" by Gregory Unruh . Get the full articled HERE).

For more information: California Management Review's special issue on the Circular Economy (Volume 60, Issue 3)