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Because of excessive use, resources are becoming scarcer and more expensive. This calls for a shift from our current economic model, based on the linear approach of "take, make, consume, dispose", to the paradigm of circular economy, which maintains the value of products, materials and resources in the economy while eliminating waste. Printers for...
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... interviews were conducted to all the actors of the professional printers' supply chain, from the producer downstream. Table 1 specifies the number of organisations interviewed, the number of interviews (in brackets) and the role of the interviewees. Each interview lasted about 1,5 hours. ...
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