循环经济是一种失败的可持续发展模式吗?不一定

IF 5.4 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Julian Kirchherr, Kris Hartley
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摘要

循环经济(CE)实施的缓慢进展引起了一些人的担忧,即这种所谓的可持续发展新模式正在失败。虽然最初的乐观预期是更快的进展,但私营部门、政府、消费者市场和学术界的参与者正在以不同的速度和承诺接受电子产品。政策文件和公司报告中包含了循环原则,循环启动和规模扩大领域正在增长。消费者的意识似乎也在提高,一个充满活力的学术文献已经出现。我们研究了利益相关者在企业文化转型中的作用和加速途径,并认为通常被认为是企业文化失败的渐进主义是范式的基本特征;这种观念排除了转型变革的可能性,但支持了一种乐观的叙述。渐进主义的特点使得CE进展指标更容易测量和交流,我们认为,从这个角度来看,CE取得的进展比许多批评者所认为的要大。本文详细阐述了这些观点,并主张围绕CE进行更具批判性和挑衅性的讨论。
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Is circular economy a failing sustainability paradigm? Not necessarily

Is circular economy a failing sustainability paradigm? Not necessarily

Sluggish progress on circular economy (CE) implementation is raising some concern that this allegedly new paradigm for sustainability is failing. While initial optimism had anticipated faster progress, actors across the private sector, government, consumer markets, and academia are embracing CE with varying speed and commitment. Circular principles are included in policy documents and corporate reports, and the circular start-up and scale-up realms are growing. Consumer awareness also appears to be rising, and a vibrant academic literature has emerged. We examine the roles of stakeholders in CE transition and pathways to acceleration and argue that the incrementalism often cited as a failure of CE is a fundamental characteristic of the paradigm; this notion forecloses the possibility of transformational change but supports an optimistic narrative. The characteristic of incrementalism makes CE progress metrics easier to measure and communicate, and we argue that, from this perspective, CE is making more progress than many critics suggest. This article elaborates on these points and argues for a more critical and provocative discourse around CE.

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Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal of Industrial Ecology 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
11.60
自引率
8.50%
发文量
117
审稿时长
12-24 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Industrial Ecology addresses a series of related topics: material and energy flows studies (''industrial metabolism'') technological change dematerialization and decarbonization life cycle planning, design and assessment design for the environment extended producer responsibility (''product stewardship'') eco-industrial parks (''industrial symbiosis'') product-oriented environmental policy eco-efficiency Journal of Industrial Ecology is open to and encourages submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach. In addition to more formal academic papers, the journal seeks to provide a forum for continuing exchange of information and opinions through contributions from scholars, environmental managers, policymakers, advocates and others involved in environmental science, management and policy.
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