Circular economy: national and global policy—overview

Waste and circular economy

Landfills And The Circular Economy

Promotion of resource efficiency and development towards a circular economy is widely supported. Many products and materials that are brought into the economy contain hazardous substances. These substances may be acceptable during the consumption stage, but due to accumulation in the environment may also cause impact to human health and the environment after consumption. The primary goal of was...

Knowledge Assets in the Global Economy : Assessment of National Intellectual

This article has the following objectives: developing the need for assessing knowledge capital at the national economic level; review of a national case study of how intellectual capital assessment was done in case of one nation state; suggesting implications of use of such assessment methods and needed areas of advancement; and highlighting caveats in existing assessment methods that underscor...

The Circular Economy: An interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and its application in a global context

Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives

The UK economy is overly reliant on unsustainable production and consumption 12 practices, depleting finite resources at rates that will increase production costs, business risk and 13 economic instability. This over-consumption produces emissions and waste that cause climate 14 change and environmental degradation, impacting on the wellbeing of people in the UK and 15 beyond. The Resource Reco...