The circular economy concept became more defined in 1990 when it appeared in the article Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment, by British economists and environmentalists David W ...

Recovery and waste Waste is a resource in the circular economy. EU legislation sets rules on recovering and re-using materials to transform them into new products and resources. EU countries have ...

Circular economy as a competitive factor The focus on a circular economy has clear financial benefits. Research by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation suggests 45 percent of CO2 emissions can be ...

What Is The Circular Economy? It doesn’t take a business genius to read the tea leaves and see that the world is moving in every aspect of society to fight climate change, which many consider an ...

Stacks of missed opportunity—until circular thinking flips the model. Unsplash+ For much of the industrial era, the global economy has operated on a deceptively simple model: extract resources ...

This Collection engages critically with the circular economy as a framework for systemic change, and as a driver of economic, social, and environmental transformation.

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021; 164: 105169 DOI ...

A paper describing circular economy as a vital enabler for the sustainable use of resources for achieving the UN agenda for SDGs appeared in the journal Circular Economy on June 17, 2022 (https ...

A fully circular economy for space—removing space junk and reusing or recycling it—is a viable possibility to safeguard the future for satellites and space exploration, according to new ...

In only 50 years the world’s consumption of raw materials has nearly quadrupled, to more than 100bn tonnes, according to the latest Circularity Gap Report from Circle Economy, a research and ...

The Western Placer Waste Management Authority Circular Economy Innovation Competition – an opportunity for innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations, technologies, and businesses ...