The concept of the circular economy (CE) is currently gaining impetus as a way to move
towards sustainable, low‐carbon, resource‐efficient, and competitive economies. However …

The Circular Economy is a paradigm shift attempting to replace the end-of-life concept with
reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering materials and to slow down, close and narrow …

Abstract With the European Commission looking for ways to incentivize the adoption of
circular economy (CE) activities by small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the …

The circular economy (CE) concept has become a major interest for companies, promising
new business opportunities and a decrease in environmental impacts. Though research on …

Circular Economy (CE) has caught the eye of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Τhe
discussion so far seems to touch mainly the meso and macro level, while investigations on …

This paper focuses on the implementation of circular economy (CE) practices in small‐and
medium‐sized firms in all 28 European Union (EU) countries. The analyses take into …

The Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
and Deloitte have jointly carried out research on barriers to the Circular Economy (CE) in the …

A circular economy limits the consumption of virgin resources, fosters cleaner production,
and promotes the efficient utilization of resources. However, many companies still struggle …

Although the circular economy (CE) concept is gaining traction and methods to assess
companies' CE-related aspects exist, there is no established CE assessment tool. In many …

Circular Economy (CE) is today a major concept within the sustainability debate
(Geissdoerfer, Savageta, Bocken & Hultinkb, 2017). Its theoretical arguments are widely …