Make sourcing local materials a building priority

By Sumita Singha 2021-10-22T05:54:00

resize Sumita Sinha Ecologic Chartered Architects

The world’s resources are limited. We must treat them as such.

In the midst of the pandemic, a report by the think tank Circular Economy (The Circularity Gap Report 2020) that humanity was quietly devouring the earth went unnoticed. While the amount of material consumed by humanity had passed 100 billion tonnes since 2017, the proportion being recycled was falling.

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