Circular Economy
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How it works
Why it is a problem
Examples
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Circular Economy ideas and concepts have been studied extensively in academia, business, and government over the past ten years. It has been gaining popularity because it can help to minimize carbon emissions and the consumption of raw materials, open up new market prospects, and, principally, increase the sustainability of consumption. Per Wikipedia: ...[1]"
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Consumers are able to participate in the circular economy in many ways from utilizing seemingly defunct electronics or components in repurposed use cases for the hardware no longer appropriate for the originally intended use-case to they themselves repairing / upgrading damaged components of electronics with (preferably used) components to restore functionality.
Enthusiasts are also able to interact with others, sharing and pooling concepts, talents, resources, and tools with others both online and offline within venues where decorum and civility are prioritized with the underlying goal of expanding the growing community where circular economy practices are implemented to counterbalance, and eventually, subsume, the questionable practices typically associated with seasonal marketing campaigns of many entities encouraging seemingly haphazard purchases of consumers.
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Potential pitfalls antithetical to the concept and implementation of circular economy in the United States of America include but are not limited to existing provisions of and potential addenda to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act[2]" (DCMA) enacted into federal law. .
Certain common computer components including but not limited to storage devices, such as SSDs / HDDs, Network Interface Devices (NICs) and other devices which have embedded MAC addresses, and other devices containing sensitive information stored as data represent devices with core functionality that could represent potential privacy concerns were they improperly introduced into the circular economy.
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Some examples of Circular Economy include:
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