Measuring the environmental sustainability of a circular economy

“What gets measured gets managed” - this quote by Peter Ducker reveals a pitfall for the targeted transition towards a more sustainable, circular economy. Today, mass-based indicators, such as recycling rates, are used to assess the circularity of individual products, firms and of entire countries....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melanie Haupt, Stefanie Hellweg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972719300054