Learn about the EU’s plan to shift to a circular economic model to make Europe cleaner and more competitive. Subscribe to this topic See all explainers on this topic The Earth’s resources are limited.

Like the famous Russian Matryoshka doll, opening a package often feels like uncovering endless layers. Inside a cardboard box, there might be molded Styrofoam, then several plastic air pillows, and ...

In practice, the implementation of a circular economy often encounters market failures. Can government intervention, as proposed in Enns’ theory, help mitigate these failures? To address this question ...

Eight years ago, Finland became the first country to adopt a national circular economy road map to reduce the material footprint of its national economy. But implementing the actions called for ahead ...