Operational principles of circular economy for sustainable development: Linking theory and practice

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 214, Issue , 2019, Pages 952-961

  Suárez Eiroa, Brais ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Méndez Martínez, Gonzalo ^a   Soto Oñate, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Operational principles; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ABSORPTION RATES; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COORDINATED ACTIONS; LINKING THEORY; OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES; REGENERATION RATE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

PLANNING;

EID: 85060343215     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.271     Document Type: Review

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