Handbook of the Circular Economy

Allen Alexander is Associate Professor of Innovation & Circular Economy and Deputy Head of Management - Sustainable Futures at the University of Exeter Business School. His research explores the role that innovation and entrepreneurship can play in circular economy transitions and leads the Circular Economy theme for the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).

Fiona Charnley is a Professor of Circular Innovation at the University of Exeter Business School, Co-Director of the UK National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub and Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy. She also leads the University partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, exploring circularity through the lens of design.

Stefano Pascucci is Professor of Sustainability and Circular Economy at the University of Exeter Business School, Professor (part-time) at the University of Auckland Business School and visiting research fellow at the Department of Business, Management and Organisation at the University of Wageningen. His research focusses on institutional analysis and sustainability connected to entrepreneurship, organisation studies and innovation.

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Foreword

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The circular economy: landscape, dimensions and definitions

Stefano Pascucci, Allen Alexander, Fiona Charnley & Jessica Fishburn

Part I-Introducing transformation

Introduced by Allen Alexander

1 Walter Stahel on envisioning circular systems, lifecycles and products

2 Ken Webster on framing potential circular economies

3 Kate Raworth on creating regenerative and distributive economies by design

4 Frances Wall on virgin resources, scarcity and circularity

5 Hugo Spowers on transforming established industrial trajectories with a circular business strategy

6 Andy Rees OBE on waste, re-use, recycling and the power of positive governance

7 Ladeja Godina Kosir on transformation of people and the power of networks

Part II-The state of transition

Introduced by Stefano Pascucci

8 Circular design in practice: eight levers for change - Merryn Haines-Gadd, Fiona Charnley & Conny Bakker

9 Biomimicry and the Circular Economy - Saskia van den Muijsenberg

10 The transformational power of circular Innovation - Daniel Guzzo, Janaina Mascarenhas & Allen Alexander

11 Three lenses on circular business model innovation - Paavo Ritala, Nancy Bocken & Jan Konietzko

12 Finance and accounting in the circular economy - Aglaia Fischer, Diane Zandee & Marleen Janssen Groesbeek

13 Circular economy regulation: An emerging research agenda - David Monciardini, Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Carl Dalhammar & Rosalind Malcolm

14 Circular society activism: prefigurative communities in everyday circular economy action - Steffen Böhm, Chia-Hao Ho, Helen Holmes, Constantine Manolchev, Malte Rödl, Wouter Spekkink

15 Circular economy jobs: Risks and opportunities in the labour market - Esther Goodwin Brown, Marijana Novak, Constantine Manolchev, Sharon Gil & Esteban Munoz

16 Resources, waste and a systemic approach to circular economy - Fenna Blomsma & Geraldine Brennan

17 Plastic futures: mobilising circular economy contexts to addressing the plastic crisis - Marta Ferri, Alison Stowell & Gail Whiteman

18 Aesthetic engagement: material practices of organising towards regenerative futures - Kim Poldner & Domenico Dentoni

Part III-Industrial Vignettes exploring industry transition

Introduced by Fiona Charnley

19 BAM Bamboo Clothing

20 Winnow Solutions Ltd

21 Riversimple

22 Rype Office

23 Elvis & Kresse

24 Circularity Capital

25 Teemill

26 Forest Green Rovers

27 Grover

28 ReStore Project

29 PackShare

30 Lendwithcare

31 Páramo

32 Circular & Co

33 Terragr'eau

34 LUSH Cosmetics

35 Shark Solutions

36 gDiapers

37 Ricoh

38 Riverford Organics

39 Oxwash

40 Triodos Bank

41 Co Cars

42 Oddbox

43 Fairphone

44 Ooho from Notpla

45 Repair Café

46 Gerrard Street

47 Patagonia

48 Whirli

List of figures

List of tables

Index

"This work effectively and engagingly responds to the increasing interest and demand for real-world circular economy transition applications and insights, presenting consolidated critical perspectives, linkages, and examples in an accessible and intelligent format. This is a resource that circular economy educators and practitioners have been waiting for!"
Dr Jennifer Russell, Virginia Tech, USA