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Circles, spirals, pyramids and cubes: why the circular economy cannot work
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- Authors
- Skene, K. R.
- Venue
- Sustainability Science
- Published
- 2017-06-05
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 479-492
- ISSN
- 1862-4057 (ISSN-L)
- 1862-4065
- OpenAlex
- W2621883607
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 7.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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