By analyzing Germany's voluntary Dual Management System for Packaging Waste Collection and Recycling (DSD), the paper highlights two aspects crucial for assessing voluntary environmental agreements from an antitrust viewpoint. First, specific features of DSD's governance structure are argued to...

The circular economy model enables businesses to incorporate regenerative manufacturing systems that use closed-loop resources to achieve economic and environmental sustainability. The work focuses on the circular economy’s competitive advantage from the multinationals apparel industry’s...