Just by design: exploring justice as a multidimensional concept in US circular economy discourse

B Berry, B Farber, FC Rios, MA Haedicke… - Local …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Circular economies are often framed as addressing a trio of problems: environmental
degradation, economic stagnation, and social ills, broadly defined. Our paper centers on this …

Justice, equity, and the circular economy: introduction to the special double issue

WS Ashton, CF Fratini, C Isenhour, R Krueger - Local Environment, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the last decade, the Circular Economy (CE) has emerged as an important framing for
business and policy action in support of sustainable development. In that time, there has …

Toward a just circular economy: conceptualizing environmental labor and gender justice in circularity studies

M Pansera, S Barca, B Martinez Alvarez… - … Science, Practice and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past decade, the concept of circular economy (CE) has gained political traction as a
potential solution to economy-environment tradeoffs. However, critical social scientists have …

Embedding circularity: Theorizing the social economy, its potential, and its challenges

R Ziegler, T Bauwens, MJ Roy, S Teasdale… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dominant conception of the circular economy presents it as a politically neutral,
technology-driven process of efficiency improvements and green market expansion …

Is convergence around the circular economy necessary? Exploring the productivity of divergence in US circular economy discourse and practice

B Berry, J Haverkamp, C Isenhour, MM Bilec… - Circular Economy and …, 2023 - Springer
Amid the growth of circular economy research, policy, and practice, there are increasingly
loud calls for a unified and singular definition of circularity. This unity is needed, proponents …

Circular economy: A review of review articles

M Hossain, S Park, N Suchek… - Business Strategy and the … - Wiley Online Library
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a focal point in discussions surrounding
sustainable development, industrial production, and resource efficiency. While it has …

A policy framework for the circular economy: Lessons from the EU

K Hartley, S Schülzchen, CA Bakker… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transitioning from the 'take-make-dispose'linear production system to a circular economy
can strengthen sustainability, and governments play a vital role. Recent scholarship has …

[PDF][PDF] A colorful bouquet of circular economy research directions: Shifting the circular economy debates from scholarly linearity to a mutual learning journey for circular …

FC Schultz, S Rhein - Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2024 - opendata.uni-halle.de
In the past decade, there has been a notable surge of research dedicated to the concept of
the Circular Economy (CE). This rapid evolvement of the field has given rise to different …

[HTML][HTML] What would a human-centred 'social'Circular Economy look like? Drawing from Max-Neef's Human-Scale Development proposal

RKM Clube, M Tennant - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Circular Economy (“CE”) has emerged as a concept to radically transform how
resources are used and managed, with promise to solve the ecological turmoil of the …

Limitations of the circular economy concept in law and policy

K Steenmans, F Lesniewska - Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The circular economy (CE) concept has gained significant attention globally and nationally
largely due to anticipated economic, environmental, and social benefits for sustainable …