Circular Economy: Theoretical Benchmark or Perpetual Motion Machine?

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 483-486

  Cullen, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85019084439     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12599     Document Type: Editorial

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