Critiques of the circular economy
Corvellec, Hervé LU
; Stowell, Alison F.
and Johansson, Nils
(2022)
In Journal of Industrial Ecology
26(2).
p.421-432
- Abstract
This paper presents a reasoned account of the critiques addressed to the circular economy and circular business models. These critiques claim that the circular economy has diffused limits, unclear theoretical grounds, and that its implementation faces structural obstacles. Circular economy is based on an ideological agenda dominated by technical and economic accounts, which brings uncertain contributions to sustainability and depoliticizes sustainable growth. Bringing together these critiques demonstrates that the circular economy is far from being as promising as its advocates claim it to be. Circularity emerges instead as a theoretically, practically, and ideologically questionable notion. The paper concludes by proposing critical... (More)
This paper presents a reasoned account of the critiques addressed to the circular economy and circular business models. These critiques claim that the circular economy has diffused limits, unclear theoretical grounds, and that its implementation faces structural obstacles. Circular economy is based on an ideological agenda dominated by technical and economic accounts, which brings uncertain contributions to sustainability and depoliticizes sustainable growth. Bringing together these critiques demonstrates that the circular economy is far from being as promising as its advocates claim it to be. Circularity emerges instead as a theoretically, practically, and ideologically questionable notion. The paper concludes by proposing critical issues that need to be addressed if the circular economy and its business models are to open routes for more sustainable economic development.
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- author
- Corvellec, Hervé
LU
; Stowell, Alison F.
and Johansson, Nils
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-04-11
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- circular business models, circular economy, critique, industrial ecology, review, sustainability
- in
- Journal of Industrial Ecology
- volume
- 26
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 421 - 432
- publisher
- MIT Press
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85112734115
- ISSN
- 1088-1980
- DOI
- 10.1111/jiec.13187
- project
- Framtidens skyltar visar vägen 2 (Signs of the future show the way 2)
- Circular North Sea Regions - Improving Governance for the Circular Economy
- Relations in Circular Business Models
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 8c6c4df5-b980-4000-a558-8a686f3703d0
- date added to LUP
- 2021-08-31 09:47:23
- date last changed
- 2023-01-01 07:47:36
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