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Materials passports facilitate circularity in the construction industry

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The construction industry consumes more than 40% of Earth’s raw material resources. It is time to rethink not just what we build, but how we value what is already built. Digital materials passports can help us to reuse and repurpose materials in the built environment, driving a shift towards a circular construction industry.

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Costa, A.R. Materials passports facilitate circularity in the construction industry. Nat Rev Mater 10, 720–721 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00842-x

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