Description
Providing a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the circular economy, as well as its limitations, it raises important questions concerning how the world should proceed when non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, are being depleted and the environment is struggling to cope with the waste and emissions of unsustainable production and consumption systems. Contributors explore a broad range of themes, such as new sustainable production and consumption systems, new design requirements, recycling systems, new business models and the social impacts of the circular economy, while also consolidating the many ways in which the topic has been dealt with in research, business and policy-making.
Shedding light on a concept that has become increasingly relevant during the last decade, the Handbook of the Circular Economy is essential reading for students, academics and policy-makers trying to make sense of the plethora of ways in which the term has been applied and interpreted.
About the Author
Edited by Miguel Brandao, Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, David Lazarevic, Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Policy Centre, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Finland and Goeran Finnveden, Professor of Environmental Strategic Analysis, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) and Vice-President for Sustainable Development, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Reviews
'In the present tsunami of new publications on the circular economy, this book sticks out through the broad analysis with regard to topics and regions covered by case studies. Let us hope that the book will motivate managers, policy-makers, educators, material scientists and economists to look at the present slowdown as a facilitator to change course towards a more sustainable and resilient society, towards a circular economy.' -- Walter R. Stahel, Product-Life Institute Geneva, Switzerland and University of Surrey, UK
Book Information
ISBN 9781803927466
Author Miguel Brandao
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
