From the introductory essay, “Taking the Circularity to the Next Level: A Special Issue on the Circular Economy“:
“Viewed as a concept by some, a framework by others, the CE is an alternative to a traditional take-make-dispose linear economy. A CE aims to keep products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value at all times. The value is maintained or extracted though extension of product lifetimes by reuse, refurbishment, and remanufacturing as well as closing of resource cycles—through recycling and related strategies.”
“…circular economy proponents argue that it is the integration of previous strategies and concepts where the framework can and should make its greatest contribution. This prompts the question of how the circular economy can learn from the methods and findings of industrial ecology, and what new ideas—or combination of ideas—the circular economy is bringing to industrial ecology.”
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Also of potential interest:
Gregson, N., Mike Crang, Sara Fuller & Helen Holmes (2015). “Interrogating the circular economy: the moral economy of resource recovery in the EU,” Economy and Society, 44:2, 218-243.
