Excerpt from the foreword: "This book not only presents a sound academic view of the circular economy but balances this with input from thought leaders from across the globe and case studies from a range of different business types. Bringing together academics, thought leaders, business and government has been at the core of the Foundation’s ability to move the thinking on the circular economy forward over the last twelve years.

This thinking was based on, and continues to be shaped by, ideas presented in the first two parts of this volume: biomimicry, products-service systems and regenerative economics, to name a few prominent examples. As circular economy has taken root in academia, business and policymaking, a deeper understanding of the core concept – with an insistence that it represents much more than recycling bolted on to a linear economy – has gone hand in hand with taking action to prove its potential.

Edited by: Allen Alexander , Stefano Pascucci and Fiona Charnley, published by Degruyter

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110723373