Circular economy principles are driving to overcome the challenges of today's linear take-make-dispose production and consumption patterns through keeping the value of products, materials, and resources circulating in the economy as long as possible. Sustainable Consumption and Production,...

Chapter 1. An introduction to the sustainable consumption and production: transitioning into circular economy -- Chapter 2. From business models to modes of provision: framing sustainable consumption and production -- Chapter 3. Histories and futures of circular economy -- Chapter 4. Critical...

This essay tries to synthesize a recent discussion on circular economics, aiming to clarify the concept, its relationship with the notion of "decoupling", and how technology, business, and economic policy influence it. In essence, circular economy means turning waste into something valuable. The...