3. Six Million Horses Almost Destroyed New York
City
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NYC was a major source of American
innovation in 1880.
Skyscrapers, subways, stock exchanges
5. By 1980, the team concluded, New York would need more than six
million horses.
Six million!
And six million horses presents an obvious problem.
The city already had 200,000 horses in 1880. Each one, they somehow
calculated, dumped a quart of urine and 24 pounds of manure every
day.
That’s 4.8 million pounds of horse dung and 50,000 gallons of pee
already being dumped into the streets… every. single. day.
Source: http://klhess.com/
During the period 1896 to 1930 over 1,800 car manufacturers
were believed to have existed in America.
Source: http://www.carhistory4u.com/the-last-100-years/car-production
6. Economies and business
models have always
been changing.
There have always been winners and losers
and there will always be!
7. The circular economy
- is a redesign of the future,
where industrial systems are
restorative and regenerative by
intention and design
- but it also includes economic,
social, political, cultural and
ethical aspects.
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8. We just discovered a global trend, what will
we do about it ?
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9. Education is key ! It is our responsibility and about
time to deliver.
- New skills are needed
- The wording and transparency are crucial
- The right kind of awareness is necessary
- Global assessing standards are missing
- Behavior change is imperative
- ………
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Circular economy has been a topic in the industry for the last ten years already. Countries like China, the US and other have made research on potential and risks a long time ago. The Industry depending on raw materials, tired of price fluctuations and geopolitical stress is investigation for better solutions all the time.
In other words, nobody has waited for Luxembourg to discover the topic to start planning.
I'm saying that because its time to prepare (educate) the Luxembourgish population, the actual and future unemployed, students, business creators, but also the future unemployed raw material suppliers for the change.
As I said in the beginning…changes always create new winners but also losers.
