An Introduction to the Circular Economy

Foreword; Preface; Life Expectancy in the World and Relative Variables; Circular and Green Economy: Which is the Difference?; Past, Present and Future of Industrial Symbiosis; Development of Indicators of Circular Economy and their Application in Water Management; The Present Contribution of Circular Economy to Stimulate Economic Growth in the World; Circular Economy for a Healthy Living Environment; Circular Economy in China; Circular Economy in European Union as an Example of Wasteless Processing of Crustaceans Waste; Circular Economy: Valorization of Waste Plant Biomass to Produce Active Ingredients with Antimicrobial Activity Against Human and Plant Pathogens; The Circular Economy and Built Environment: Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse; Waste Valuation for Environmental and Health Improvement on Circular Economy View; Waste Recycling from Construction Sector within the Circular Economy Paradigm; Circular Economy of Wastewater Streams by Means of Membrane Technologies; Sustainable Food Production: The Transition Towards a Circular Economy of Plastic Food Packaging; Bioconverter Insects: A Good Example of Circular Economy, the Study Case of Hermetia Illucens; Chitin and Lignin Waste in the Circular Economy; The Use of Coffee Waste to Produce Goods and Energy; Natural Metabolites as Functional Additives of Biopolymers: Experimental Evidence and Industrial Constraint; Regenerated Cellulose Sheet as Natural Tissue to Make Biodegradable Baby Diapers; Waste Recycling for Wound Care and Cosmetic Smart Economics: Chitin and Lignin; Biobased and Biodegradable Rigid and Flexible Polymeric Packaging; Reuse and Recycling of Post-Consumer Textile Waste in Smart Green Cities; Circular Economy in the Fashion Sector and Textile Goods; Circular Economy in the Built Environment: A Strategy for Flexible Housing Through FlexZhouse.