The European Commission has just released the \u201cCircular Economy Action Plan \u2013 The European Green Deal\u201d focusing on the need to accelerate the transition towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, to advance towards keeping resource consumption within planetary boundaries, and therefore to strive to reduce the EU\u2019s consumption footprint and double the circular material use rate in the coming decade.\u00a0Through this Special Issue, we aim at collecting studies, both qualitative and quantitative, as well as best practices and experience descriptions which focus on the circular economy, considering all its aspects.We aim at providing a 360-degrees perspective of the circular economy considering its nano (product), micro (organizations, consumers), meso (industrial parks, etc.), and macro (cities, countries, etc.) level. In addition to these aspects, we aim also at matching studies connected with the communication and measurement of the circular economy.\u00a0Lastly, the European Commission promotes several tools and instruments (EMAS, PEF, GPP, etc.) to boost the circular economy. Nevertheless, the linkages between these tools and the circular economy have rarely been investigated. For this reason, we aim at investigating the relationship between the circular economy and its tools. In the framework described above, this Special Issue invites authors to contribute in all the aspects of the circular economy in order to provide the most comprehensive overview of this important topic.
\nKeywords: circular economy; closed-loop economy; sharing economy; circular business model; SCP tools; environmental management system; EMAS; ISO14001; ecolabel;\u00a0LCA; PEF; GPP; eco-design; waste management; greenwashing; green marketing; closed-loop supply chain; industrial symbiosis; industrial ecology; eco-industrial park; reputation; competitiveness; collaborative consumption; recyclability; reusability; upgradability; reparability; durability; circular city; urban symbiosis; eco-efficient services sustainable development goals; carbon footprint; water footprint; consumer behavior; management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","topic":[679,613,431,704,435,436,308,576,598,294,608,719,643,453,457,458,461,559,467,468,472,716,128,715,473,481,488,680,713,495,596,496,500,501,674,575,594,507,512,540,521,522],"country":[55],"nsj_language":[57],"class_list":["post-1517","call_for_papers","type-call_for_papers","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","topic-adaptive-reuse","topic-advanced-materials","topic-bio-based-materials","topic-business-models","topic-circular-economy","topic-city","topic-complex-systems","topic-data-management","topic-decision-support-systems","topic-ecology","topic-ecosystems","topic-energy-transition","topic-environmental-assessment","topic-environmental-sustainability","topic-green-cities","topic-green-materials","topic-green-public-procurement","topic-industrial-engineering","topic-industry-4-0","topic-innovative-materials","topic-life-cycle-assessment","topic-management","topic-materials-engineering","topic-nanomaterials","topic-natural-materials","topic-process-management","topic-recycled-materials","topic-recycling","topic-resource-management","topic-reuse","topic-risk-management","topic-sdgs-2030","topic-smart-cities","topic-smart-materials","topic-smart-systems","topic-smart-tools","topic-sustainable-cities","topic-sustainable-materials","topic-tools","topic-up-cycling","topic-waste-management","topic-waste-recovery","country-switzerland","nsj_language-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n