There has been significant growth in interest in the circular economy (“CE”) concept as a
transformative solution to the prevailing linear economy, helping to solve various economic,
environmental and social challenges. Nevertheless, pertinent issues such as societal
inclusion, well‐being and equity remain peripheral in the contemporary CE debate. Fulfilling
human needs has been recognised as a prerequisite for sustainable development and was
implicitly and explicitly prevalent in parts of the seminal material on which the CE is based …