Circular Economy and Policy: Sustainability, Environmental, and Social Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Sebastiano Patti

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 172
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book uses economic and policy approaches to highlight sustainability, environmental, and social aspects of the circular economy. It emphasizes the circular economy within the market’s perspective, including the links between consumption and sustainability, and how balances between profitability and environmental sustainability can be attained. The author also uses a life cycle assessment approach to improve and evaluate circular economy strategies to help determine the environmental, social, and economic consequences of a product. The chapters illustrate circular business models and sustainability consumption behaviour in the public sector, while also measuring eco-efficiency and sustainability impacts. The book will useful for students and researchers in environmental and sustainability economics, as well as businesses and government organizations adapting policies to develop environmentally sustainable economic practices.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Circular Economy
1.1 The Origin of Circular Economy Concept
1.1.1 Circular Economy Definition
1.1.2 The Limits to the Circularity: Criticisms
1.2 The Regenerative Circular Economy
1.2.1 The Donught Economy: Disconnection or Complementarity with the Regenerative Essence of the Circular Economy
1.3 Circular Economy Within Market Perspective
1.3.1 The Demand: Circular Economy, Sharing Consumption and Value Co-creation
1.3.2 The Supply: Business Performance in Circular Economy Framework
1.3.3 Profitability and Sustainability
1.4 Circular Economy and Bioeconomy: The Policies of Food Production and Waste Management
References
Chapter 2: The Scenario of Circular Economy
2.1 The Circular Economy Scenario
References
Chapter 3: Life Cycle Thinking and Circular Economy
3.1 The Role of Life Cycle Sustainability Approach Within Circular Economy
3.1.1 The Life Cycle Thinking
3.1.2 The Eco-design and New Materials
3.1.3 The Life Cycle Assessment
3.1.4 Circular Economy Strategies Implementation Through Life Cycle Assessment
3.1.5 Life Cycle Law: An Example from the European Union Circular Economy Package
3.2 Material Flow Analysis
3.2.1 Recycling Rates Determination
3.3 Circular Economy, Materials Efficiency, and Reutilization of Secondary Raw Materials
References
Chapter 4: Policies Targeted to Circular Economy
4.1 Circular Economy Policies According to the European Union
4.1.1 The Ecological Transition
4.2 The European Circular Economy Action Plan
4.2.1 Production
4.2.2 Consumption
4.2.3 Waste Management
4.2.4 Secondary Raw Materials
4.3 Policies for Reuse and Repair, Circular Practices and Strategies, Secondary Materials Markets
4.4 Circular Economy Policies All Over the World
4.4.1 The Dutch Green Deals Policy: Preliminary Works for EU CEAP
4.4.2 The Chinese Policy About Circular Economy
4.4.3 The Circular Economy Vision in Japan
4.4.4 The Framework Act in Resource Circulation in Republic of Korea
4.4.5 USA Economy’s Application of Circular Economy
4.4.6 The Circular Economy in India
4.4.7 Circular Economy Policies in Australia
4.4.8 EU’s Green and CE Policies Applicability to Developing and Emerging Economies
References
Chapter 5: Public Sector and Circular Economy
5.1 Circular Economy Policies and Perspective in Public Sector Organization
5.2 Public Procurement and Public Services Delivery to Drive the Circular Economy
5.2.1 Innovative Procurement: The Case of European Union
5.2.2 Green Public Procurement
5.2.3 Pre-commercial Procurement
5.3 Government Policy and Regulation for Circular Economy Finance
5.3.1 Financial Standard for Climate Change
5.3.2 Sustainability and Circularity Throughout Environmental Finance: Green Bonds and European Financial Reporting
5.4 International and Cross-Border Trade, Regulations, and Taxation
References
Chapter 6: Production and Consumption Within Circular Economy Perspective
6.1 The Circular Economy Conceiving Production and Consumption
6.2 From Linear to Circular Production
6.3 Business Models Within the Circular Economy
6.3.1 The Circular Business Models in the Reality: Some Case Studies
6.3.2 Further Case-Histories for Different Industries
6.3.2.1 The Case History #1: Fashion Sector
6.3.2.2 The Case History #2: Food Sector
6.3.2.3 The Case History #3: Energy Sector
6.3.2.4 The Case History #4: Event Organization
6.4 Eco-Innovation Investments
6.5 Different Kinds of Costs and Benefits (Returns) in the Circular Production
6.6 Circular Economy and Sustainable Consumption
References
Chapter 7: Eco-efficiency, Circularity Measurement and Assessment
7.1 From the Theory to the Practice: The Evaluation Process of Circularity and Sustainability
7.2 Ecosystems, Eco-efficiency and Resources
7.3 How to Measure Circularity and Sustainability
7.3.1 Circularity Metrics, Indicators, Assessment Framework, and Tools
7.3.2 A Selection of Current Circularity Metrics for Products, Services, and Organizations
7.4 The EU Taxonomy for a Sustainable Finance
7.5 The Role of ISO/TC 323 in the Circularity Measurement: Work in Progress
7.6 Summary, Conclusions, Policy Implications and Recommendation
References
Index