Circular Economy Strategies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Dr Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie is an award-winning author and Lecturer in the Business and Accounting Discipline at Charles Darwin University. Dr Erdiaw-Kwasie holds a PhD in Sustainability Management from the University of Southern Queensland. His research interests focus on sustainability transitions, circular economy, climate risks & business, digital futures, and global development. Dr G. M. Monirul Alam is currently a Professor at the Department of Agribusiness, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh. He also holds the position of Adjunct Research Fellow at USQ, Australia. He is an award-winning researcher whose current research domains are climate change adaptation, poverty, food security, ICT, circular economy, and impact analysis.

Section 1: Literature review of circular strategies.- Chapter 1 Circularity challenges in SDGs Implementation: A review in context.- Chapter 2 Sharing instead of Owning: A Synthesized Review on Collaborative Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Section 2: Conceptual insights on circular economy.- Chapter 3 Contextualizing circular economy research-to-practice transition.- Chapter 4 STEAM education and innovation learning towards circular strategies.- Chapter 5 How can Ghana Transition from a Linear to a circular economy of waste management? A conceptual analysis of policy approaches.- Section 3: Country-level case studies on circular strategies.- Chapter 6 Linear economy wolf in circular economy sheep clothing: Ride-hailing in Ghana.- Chapter 7 A transition towards a circular food economy in Ghana: An institutional and policy analysis.- Chapter 8 Macroeconomic performance and progress towards a circular economy in developing countries.- Chapter 9 Circularity in Mauritius: Examining the determinants.- Chapter 10 Circular economy principles and responsible manufacturing: Assessing Implications for resource conservation, emission reduction, cost performance, and environmental legitimacy.- Chapter 11 Human capital transformation for circular economy and sustainable development: A government-linked company experience.- Chapter 12 Applying circular economy thinking to food systems in the hospitality industry in Nigeria.- Chapter 13 Circular economy in Turkish manufacturing sector: The roles of green manufacturing and innovation.- Chapter 14 Corporate sustainability and circular economy in Turkish service and manufacturing business.- Chapter 15 Circular Value Chains: Circular Strategies and Managerial Perceptions of Supply Chain Professionals from Turkey.- Chapter 16 Exploring factors affecting the adoption of green process management model in the software industry: Progress towards sustainability and circularity.- Chapter 17 Capital Maintenance and Depreciation Accounting Convergence: A New Model for Sustainability and Circularity in Capital Maintenance.- Chapter 18 Pathways toward a circular economy in Ghana: The contribution of waste transfer stations and the informal waste collectors in solid waste management.- Chapter 19 Institutionalisation and Enforcement of Circular Fisheries Practices in Uganda: The role of the Military in the Implementation of the National Fisheries Policy.- Chapter 20 Gayo’s sustainable community waste management model: Impacts and lessons for circular futures.