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Reuse. The understudied circular economy strategy
This report addresses blind spots in current research about the understudied circular phenomenon of reuse and the variety of formal (i.e. included in our economy through regulated economic units and protected workers) and informal (i.e. part of an informal economy in which transactions do not get registered) channels through which it may occur.
What do we do?
The Circular Economy Policy Research Centre investigates three important policy questions:
- How can we measure the progress towards a circular economy?
- What are the economic effects of a circular economy, and how can policy have an effect on these?
- How could other major societal trends or transitions influence the pathway towards a circular economy?
The policy research centre has been organised as a cluster of research projects in order to answer these questions. Each of the projects has a particular perspective to better understand and shape circular economy as a system. Besides our work on theory and on finding ways to answer these general questions, we will also conduct tangible case studies.
The researchers explain
The impact of the circular economy on employment
How can we measure where we are in the transition?
Modelling systems
How can we clarify the environmental impacts of activities in the circular economy?
Financing and revenue models
How can we help consumers and businesses make the shift towards a circular economy?
Indicators for circularity
How can we compare the extent to which products fit in a circular economy?
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