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Three Propositions to Unify Circular Economy Research: A Review

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 15 May 2020 Italy, United Kingdom Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Sustainability, volume 12, page 4,069 (eissn: 2071-1050,

Authors: Massimiliano Borrello; Stefano Pascucci; Luigi Cembalo;

doi: 10.3390/su12104069

handle: 11588/838096 , 10871/122227

Three Propositions to Unify Circular Economy Research: A Review

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Abstract

Transitioning into a circular economy (CE) has been recently proposed as an agenda for reconciling global industrial systems with natural equilibria, but the current understanding of CE is ambiguous among scholars. Informed by recent growing CE literature, this study summarizes through three key propositions a set of indisputable insights emerging from the CE debate. In particular, the paper: remarks how CE takes stock of concepts of other schools of thought to drive policy interventions; depicts CE as a systemic transition of global industrial systems; and highlights the role of eco-effectiveness to upgrade business-centered approaches to sustainability. The proposed propositions are expected to contribute to reducing ambiguities in the CE debate and to convey coherence to future research.

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Italy, United Kingdom

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Keywords

330, Upcycling, downcycling, TJ807-830, Circular business model, recycling, TD194-195, Socio-technical transition, Renewable energy sources, Recycling, upcycling, GE1-350, socio-technical transition, circular business model, biorefinery, Environmental effects of industries and plants, multilevel perspective, sustainability transition, Biorefinery; Circular business model; Downcycling; Multilevel perspective; Recycling; Servitization; Socio-technical transition; Sustainability transition; Upcycling, Biorefinery, Environmental sciences, Multilevel perspective, Sustainability transition, socio-technical transition; sustainability transition; multilevel perspective; recycling; upcycling; downcycling; biorefinery; servitization; circular business model, Servitization, servitization, Downcycling

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