Circular Economy and Sustainability

Volume 1

Management and Policy

Alexandros Stefanakis, Ioannis Nikolaou
Elsevier S&T
696 pages
ISBN: 9780128198179
September 2021

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. This Volume 1 discusses the content of circular economy principles and how they can be realized in the fields of economy, management, and policy. It gives an outline of the current status and perception of circular economy at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels to provide a better understanding of its role in achieving sustainability.