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"Providing a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the circular economy, as well as its limitations, it raises important questions concerning how the world should proceed when non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, are being depleted and the environment is struggling to cope with the waste and emissions of unsustainable production and consumption systems. Contributors explore a broad range of themes, such as new sustainable production and consumption systems, new design requirements, recycling systems, new business models and the social impacts of the circular economy, while also consolidating the many ways in which the topic has been dealt with in research, business and policy-making." -- Page [4] of cover

Contents : Foreword by Janez Potocnik and Julia Okatz -- 1. Introduction and overview / Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden -- Part I: Fundamentals of the circular economy -- 2. The circular economy: a strategy to reconcile economic and environmental objectives? / David Lazarevic and Miguel Brandão -- 3. The circular economy as a complex adaptive system / Jouni Korhonen -- 4. The role of design as a barrier to and enabler of the circular economy / Deborah Andrews -- 5. Industrial symbiosis networks: application of the circular economy for resource efficiency / Michael Martin -- 6. Product service systems: business models towards a circular economy / Sofia Lingegård -- 7. Consumers in the circular economy / Juana Camacho-Otero, Vivian S.C. Tunn, Lucy Chamberlin and Casper Boks -- Part II: Assessing the impacts of a circular economy -- 8. Material flow analysis of recycling systems / Sarah Schmidt and David Laner -- 9. An element flow analysis approach to support the circular economy / Rajib Sinha, Rafael Laurenti, Jagdeep Singh and Björn M. Frostell -- 10. Modelling material recycling in life cycle assessment: how sensitive are results to the available methods? / Tomas Ekvall and Miguel Brandão -- 11. Environmental economic assessment of novel circular economy and bioeconomy technologies / Mikael Skou Andersen and Louise Martinsen -- 12. Integrated sustainability assessment of a circular economy / Kristian Skånberg, Anders Wijkman, Mårten Berglund, Göran Finnveden and Miguel Brandão -- 13. Sex, drugs and the circular economy: the social impacts of the circular economy and how to measure them / Kati Pitkänen, Tiina Kaisa Maria Karppinen, Petrus Kautto, Sara Turunen, Jachym Judl and Tuuli Myllymaa -- 14. Why and how actors and organizations need to be integrated into a systems-level monitoring for a sustainable circular economy / Dominik Wiedenhofer, Stefan Pauliuk, Andreas Mayer, Doris Virág and Willi Haas -- 15. Circular economy rebound / Jason Maier, Roland Geyer and Trevor Zink -- Part III: Governing the circular economy -- 16. Between a policy mix and a policy mess : policy instruments and instrumentation for the circular economy / Petrus Kautto and David Lazarevic -- 17. The missing link: regulating waste-based materials in the circular economy / Topi Turunen -- 18. Building ecologies of circular intermediaries / Jack Barrie and Wisdom Kanda -- 19. Transforming business models: towards a sufficiency-based circular economy / Nancy M.P. Bocken and Samuel W. Short -- 20. Putting circular ambitions into action: the case of Accus, a small Swedish sign company / Hervé Corvellec, Maira Babri and Herman I. Stål -- 21 from waste management to natural capital management in the circular economy / Graham Aid and David Lazarevic -- 22 refurbishing the 'circular economy' concept in Russia: From industrial policy towards innovation by co-creation / Darya Gerasimenko, Ekaterina Markelova and Raisa Momot -- 23 the circular economy at the heart of French sustainable public policies: What are the consequences? / Nicolas Buclet -- 24 how portugal is applying the circular challenge / Carlos Borrego, Sandra Rafael, Sílvia Coelho, Bruno Augusto, Afonso Silva, Johnny Reis, Ana Isabel Miranda and Myriam Lopes -- Part IV: Sectoral and business case studies -- 25 what circular economy measures fit what kind of product? / Anne-Marie Tillman, Siri Willskytt, Daniel Böckin, Hampus André and Maria Ljunggren Söderman -- 26 circular manufacturing systems / Amir Rashid, Malvina Roci and Farazee M.A. Asif -- 27 the circular nutrient economy: Needs and potentials of nutrient recycling / Helena Valve, Petri Ekholm and Sari Luostarinen -- 28 understanding forest-based value creation in a regional context / Antje Klitkou -- 29 bioenergy in the circular economy / Annette Cowie -- 30 do bioenergy, bioeconomy and circular economy systems mitigate climate change? Insights from life cycle assessment / Miguel Brandão -- 31 straw wars - a consequential saga: The life cycle climate change consequences of replacing plastic with paper / Simon Hoge and Miguel Brandão -- 32 circularity in the built environment: A call for a paradigm shift / Tove Malmqvist, Alice Moncaster, Freja Rasmussen and Harpa Birgisdóttir -- 33 implementation of a circular economy at universities / Joan Manuel F. Mendoza, Alejandro Gallego-Schmid and Adisa Azapagic -- 34 a life cycle perspective on the environmental aspects of complex, emerging resource recovery systems: The case of bauxite residue / P. James Joyce and Anna Björklund -- 35 urban mining: On the potential and multifaceted challenges of facilitating recycling of wire-based city infrastructure / Joakim Krook, Björn Wallsten, Niclas Svensson and Stefan Anderberg -- Part V: Prospects -- 36 beyond the consumer: Enlarging the role of the citizen in the circular economy / Kersty Hobson -- 37 managing the transition to the circular economy / Patrizia Ghisellini and Sergio Ulgiati -- 38 prospects for the circular economy and conclusions / Miguel Brandão, David Lazarevic and Göran Finnveden -- Index.

Treatment of solid waste continues to be on the political agenda. Waste disposal issues are often viewed from an environmental perspective, but economic and social aspects also need to be considered when deciding on waste strategies and policy instruments. The aim of this paper is to suggest flexible and robust strategies for waste management in Sweden, and to discuss different policy instruments. Emphasis is on environmental aspects, but social and economic aspects are also considered. The results show that most waste treatment methods have a role to play in a robust and flexible integrated waste management system, and that the waste hierarchy is valid as a rule of thumb from an environmental perspective. A review of social aspects shows that there is a general willingness among people to source separate wastes. A package of policy instruments can include landfill tax, an incineration tax which is differentiated with respect to the content of fossil fuels and a weight based incineration tax, as well as support to the use of biogas and recycled materials.

PurposeSince 2006, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Sweden, should according to the Higher Education Act, promote sustainable development (SD). In 2016, the Swedish Government asked the Swedish higher education authority to evaluate how this study is proceeding. The authority chose to focus on education. This paper aims to produce a report on this evaluation.Design/methodology/approachAll 47 HEIs in Sweden were asked to write a self-evaluation report based on certain evaluation criteria. A panel was appointed consisting of academics and representatives for students and working life. The panel wrote an evaluation of each HEI, a report on general findings and recommendations, and gave an overall judgement of each HEI in two classes as follows: the HEI has well-developed processes for integration of SD in education or the HEI needs to develop their processes.FindingsOverall, a mixed picture developed. Most HEIs could give examples of programmes or courses where SD was integrated. However, less than half of the HEIs had overarching goals for integration of SD in education or had a systematic follow-up of these goals. Even fewer worked specifically with pedagogy and didactics, teaching and learning methods and environments, sustainability competences or other characters of education for SD. Overall, only 12 out of 47 got a higher judgement.Originality/valueThis is a unique study in which all HEIs in a country are evaluated. This provides unique possibilities for identifying success factors and barriers. The importance of the leadership of the HEIs became clear.

Purpose: Since 2006, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Sweden, should according to the Higher Education Act, promote sustainable development (SD). In 2016, the Swedish Government asked the Swedish higher education authority to evaluate how this study is proceeding. The authority chose to focus on education. This paper aims to produce a report on this evaluation. Design/methodology/approach: All 47 HEIs in Sweden were asked to write a self-evaluation report based on certain evaluation criteria. A panel was appointed consisting of academics and representatives for students and working life. The panel wrote an evaluation of each HEI, a report on general findings and recommendations, and gave an overall judgement of each HEI in two classes as follows: the HEI has well-developed processes for integration of SD in education or the HEI needs to develop their processes. Findings: Overall, a mixed picture developed. Most HEIs could give examples of programmes or courses where SD was integrated. However, less than half of the HEIs had overarching goals for integration of SD in education or had a systematic follow-up of these goals. Even fewer worked specifically with pedagogy and didactics, teaching and learning methods and environments, sustainability competences or other characters of education for SD. Overall, only 12 out of 47 got a higher judgement. Originality/value: This is a unique study in which all HEIs in a country are evaluated. This provides unique possibilities for identifying success factors and barriers. The importance of the leadership of the HEIs became clear.

Purpose Since 2006, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Sweden, should according to the Higher Education Act, promote sustainable development (SD). In 2016, the Swedish Government asked the Swedish higher education authority to evaluate how this study is proceeding. The authority chose to focus on education. This paper aims to produce a report on this evaluation. Design/methodology/approach All 47 HEIs in Sweden were asked to write a self-evaluation report based on certain evaluation criteria. A panel was appointed consisting of academics and representatives for students and working life. The panel wrote an evaluation of each HEI, a report on general findings and recommendations, and gave an overall judgement of each HEI in two classes as follows: the HEI has well-developed processes for integration of SD in education or the HEI needs to develop their processes. Findings Overall, a mixed picture developed. Most HEIs could give examples of programmes or courses where SD was integrated. However, less than half of the HEIs had overarching goals for integration of SD in education or had a systematic follow-up of these goals. Even fewer worked specifically with pedagogy and didactics, teaching and learning methods and environments, sustainability competences or other characters of education for SD. Overall, only 12 out of 47 got a higher judgement. Originality/value This is a unique study in which all HEIs in a country are evaluated. This provides unique possibilities for identifying success factors and barriers. The importance of the leadership of the HEIs became clear.