This introductory paper to the special issue “Circular economy and sustainability: The role of
technology, producers, consumers and policy” serves three main goals. The first one is to …

The growing importance of the concept of the circular economy as a way to attain
sustainable development has encouraged scholars to propose different ways to understand …

The interest of this study lies in the fact that the transition from a linear to a circular economy
is of key interest in relevant business and academic fields, although the circular economy is …

ABSTRACT Since the United Nations approved the eight Millennium Development Goals in
2000 and, 15 years later, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 …

Hitherto implemented economic mechanisms and development processes have led the
planet to face numerous environmental and ecological depletion challenges. In light of this …

Circular economy (CE) and sustainability are interrelated, without being exchangeable.
While sustainability tries to reconcile the management of productive resources with their …

All scientists, researchers, and citizens are involved in achieving sustainable goals. Their
current actions contribute to writing a story for future generations, and interesting …

Circular economy (CE) is currently a popular concept promoted by the EU, by several
national governments and by many businesses around the world. However, the scientific …

Circular Economy (CE) aims to overcome the take-make-dispose linear pattern of production
and consumption, proposing a circular system in which the value of products, materials and …

The concepts of circular economy (CE) and sustainability (S) have lately gained momentum
among scholars, theorists, academics, and practitioners. Although these concepts are …