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Hervé Corvellec.

Hervé Corvellec

Professor

Hervé Corvellec.

The circular economy: a geometry lesson

Author

  • Maira Babri
  • Hervé Corvellec
  • Herman Stål

Summary, in English

To maintain its transformational potential, the circular economy needs to be associated with an actual closing of material loops, recognising that this entails a new balance of power among corporations, customers and those who work with material recovery—not least waste pickers in the global south. The environmental footprint of production and consumption must be reduced, through decreased extraction of virgin materials, lower production of new units and efficient recycling and reuse practices.

Department/s

  • Department of Service Studies

Publishing year

2023-06-13

Language

English

Document type

Web publication

Publisher

Social Europe Publishing & Consulting GmbH

Topic

  • Human Geography
  • Environmental Engineering

Keywords

  • Circular Economy

Status

Published

Project

  • Relations in Circular Business Models