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Hervé Corvellec.

Hervé Corvellec

Professor

Hervé Corvellec.

Towards clean material cycles: Is there a policy conflict between circular economy and non-toxic environment?

Författare

  • Nils Johansson
  • Costas Velis
  • Hervé Corvellec

Summary, in English

Lately, the idea of ‘non-toxic’ (or ‘clean’) material cycles has become increasingly popular as a starting point for the consideration of circular economy strategies among leading regulating actors, such as the European Commission (2017). However, it should be apparent that, by default, circular economy aspirations awaken a potential policy conflict between increased circulation of resources and reduction of exposure to hazardous substances (human- and eco-toxic substances of concern). Here, we build upon the great tradition of Waste Management & Research editorials on the topic debated, and not least on the recent opinion piece by Stanisavljevic and Brunner (2019). We argue that non-toxic material cycles are indeed a desirable vision, but that they will not come naturally in a world of circulated material resources – at least not without major supply chain disruptions and persistent conscious efforts. Let us elaborate.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

Publiceringsår

2020-07-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

705-707

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Waste Management & Research

Volym

38

Issue

7

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Nyckelord

  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Relations in Circular Business Models

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0734-242X