Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters
Figge, Frank ; Stevenson Thorpe, Andrea ; Guberlet, Melissa
2023
208
107823
June
1-2
circular economy ; sustainable development ; recycling of materials ; renewable resources
Economics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107823
English
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"Few concepts in sustainability have been as popular and influential as that of the circular economy. Circular resource use is one of several responses to the unsustainability of current resource use - a key problem in sustainable development. The economy as an open subsystem is embedded in a larger ecological system with limited resources (van den Bergh, 2001). Both systems are interdependent (Costanza, 1991). The ecological system provides the physical limits of economic activity and the economic system impacts the sources and sinks of the ecological system (Goodland et al., 1992). The circular economy promises to combine aspects of both..."
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