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acatech STUDIE

2024

Mareike Berger, Berit Erlach, Christoph M. Schmidt, Johannes Simböck, Thomas Steiner

Digitale Enabler der Kreislaufwirtschaft

The necessary restructuring of the economic system towards a circular economy in the interests of sustainability goes hand in hand with the digital transformation, as digital technologies have great potential as enablers for the successful implementation of circular economy strategies. This acatech STUDIE analyzes the role of digital technologies in the circular economy based on application examples from three different economic sectors and shows: The digital toolbox required to establish a circular economy is largely already available. However, digital technologies will only be able to develop their full potential in the future if both sector-specific and cross-sectoral framework conditions are improved in the interests of a circular economy.

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DOI: 10.48669/aca_2024-15