Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...

While the evidence accumulates that many countries are fashioning aspects of green development to complement their black, fossil-fueled industries, the case for a wholesale adoption of green development strategies is seldom made. Instead, it is frequently assumed that green development can only...