https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720321185?via%3Dihub
All I have access to is the Abstract... found at the link above.
Below is a graphic from the Abstract---
As mentioned in previous posts, the Circular Economy (CE) concept is fairly popular in various parts of the world. It's a mistake, however, to think that it's the best ecological approach to solving our multi-faceted Eco-Crisis. It's not even close to that. In fact, it's only slightly "greener" than the "circular" concept claimed by neoclassical/neoliberal economics years ago... which wasn't circular at all.
As cited in other article links previously posted on this blog, CE has numerous problems in the ecological arena. Biodiversity impact is one of them.
In my view, only non-ecologists would believe that Tech innovations and "substitutions" eventually will "decouple" an economy from reliance on natural resources found in highly complex (and irreplaceable) ecosystems. I imagine it can be done to some limited degree, but not without disastrous impacts on the Mother of all Ecosystems (so to speak), Spaceship Earth. Such an attempt on a global scale would be folly.
The CE concept is in need of some adjustments, and in need of collaboration with Bioeconomists, Ecologists, and others in similar fields. A greener version of Neoclassical Economics is not going to save organized human existence on this finite planet.
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Not only my opinion. Stay Well
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