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Towards a consensus on the circular economy

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Prieto-Sandoval, Vanessa, Jaca, Carmen, Ormazabal, Marta·2018·Journal of Cleaner Production
DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.224
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The growing importance of the concept of the circular economy as a way to attain sustainable development has encouraged scholars to propose different ways to understand it. Given the large number of studies done on the circular economy, their differing approaches and their multiple applications, this paper attempts to propose a consensus view of the basic notions of the circular economy framework and highlight its relationship with eco-innovation. To that end, this study carried out a systematic literature review that resulted in four main outputs: a knowledge map of the circular economy, an analysis of the main notions of the concept, principles, and determinants of a circular economy. Finally, this study brings to light some remarkable examples of eco-innovations developed for implementation in the circular economy.

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Authors
Prieto-Sandoval, V., Jaca, C., & Ormazabal, M.
Venue
Journal of Cleaner Production
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-04
Volume
179
Pages
605-615
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0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.224
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1,282
References
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en
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  • Spanish National Program for Fostering Excellence in Scientific and Technical Research
  • European Regional Development Fund (DPI2015-70832-R)

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