The Routledge Handbook of Waste, Resources and the Circular Economy

by Terry Tudor (Editor), Cleber JC. Dutra (Editor)

Overview

The Handbook introduces, contextualises, critiques, and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy. These perspectives span an array of subjects including economics, environmental policymaking, sociology, environmental science, environmental and industrial engineering, management, international development, and human geography.

A fundamental underpinning of the Handbook is that it takes account of a wide range of sectors, as well as geographical perspectives that incorporate both a Global North and Global South world context. This approach is crucial because it is only within such a holistic perspective that the circular economy concept can truly be examined. In addition, these issues are examined both from a theoretical as well as a practical perspective, using real-world case studies for illustration.

Given its wide subject, sectoral, and geographical areas of focus, the Handbook should be of value not only for those undertaking research in the field of circular economy, but also stakeholders involved in policymaking, as well as decision-making on the front line.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367364649
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/28/2020
Series:	Routledge International Handbooks
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Terry Tudor has worked in the fields of sustainable waste management and circular economy since 2003. This work has been undertaken both in the United Kingdom as well as abroad (e.g., in Italy, Brazil, Barbados, and India). He works as a consultant. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Northampton, UK.

Cleber JC. Dutra is an associate professor and research fellow in sustainability management at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and the Technische Universität Berlin (Germany). He has been examining approaches to sustainability through multiparadigmatic perspectives as a mechanism to overcome its understanding shortcomings. His main areas of interest include innovation, sustainability, circular economy, multiorganisational programmes, resource efficiency, pro-environmental/sustainable behaviour, and CSR.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: examining the concept of the circular economy  Part 1: The need for and challenges surrounding circularity  2. Natural resources. Consumption, pollution, and health risks: developed versus developing economies  3. Consumption and materialism: from acquisitive to responsible materialism  4. Embedding more circular approaches to the management of resources  5. Environmental justice, waste management, and the circular economy: global perspectives  6. Resource consumption and the associated health risks: a brief overview  7. The Sustainable Development Goals as drivers for change  8. Triggers for industrial symbiosis: lessons learnt from twenty-five case studies  9. Bought today, gone tomorrow? From linear to circular consumption  Part 2: Measuring and implementing circularity  10. Africa – juxtaposition between rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and the need to preserve traditional circular systems  11. Circular start-ups: five business model archetypes as frontrunners of circular disruption  12. Ecodesign and circular design of products: concepts, assessment, and strategies  13. Approaches to monitoring and evaluation of resource recovery from waste towards a circular economy  14. Complexity and the circular economy: systems approaches for change  15. Circular economy meso-level planning: an approach with ‘distributed economies’  Part 3: Policy and legislative considerations  16. The role of policy in creating a more circular economy  17. Legal considerations for a circular economy  18. Economic and trade considerations of circular economy approaches  19. Managing waste at the national and local levels  Part 4: Sharing economies and capacity building  20. Making sustainable markets and the forming of a circular economy  21. Becoming eco-literate through experiential encounters with food  22. Implementing low carbon strategies – analysis of barriers  23. Overcoming financial, social, and environmental challenges faced by cooperatives: case studies from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  24. The informal recycling sector – environmental criminals or the future of the circular economy?  25. Refugee camps and circular economy in Palestinian West Bank: challenges and opportunities  Part 5: Recycling  26. Exploring household dynamics for recycling in the UK: a case study of recycling habits in Greater London  27. Circular start-ups: five business model archetypes as frontrunners of circular disruption  28. Enablers and barriers for industrial symbiosis: lessons learnt from twenty-five case studies  29. A proposed approach for a solid waste collection system in an African rural town: a case study from Kenya  30. Circular economy opportunities in Africa – emerging sectors and missing narratives  Part 6: Reuse  31. Modular Smartphones and Circular Design Strategies: The Shape of Things to Come?  32. The Use of By-Products in New Materials  33. Using circular supply chains to create community biogas   34. Circular economy initiatives in India: a case study approach  Part 7: Use of technologies  35. Product-service system business models and circular economy  36. Circular business models in selected geographical contexts: an analysis of two cases  37. Implementing low carbon strategies in SMEs: auditing strategies  38. Circular economy principles in Africa: the case of the off-grid solar in Kenya  39. Circular supply chain: emerging opportunities and challenges  40. Conclusion: closing thoughts