The Future of Circular Economy and Zero Waste

Abstract

This chapter provides a reflective analysis of the contributions focusing on how the chapters contribute to circular economy in two main themes that will define the future of circular economy research: challenges and opportunities and effective collaboration with stakeholders. Lessons learned and commonalities are also discussed to finally draw some conclusions and recommendations to further elaborate the research agenda of this field. Keywords Circular economy • Collaboration with stakeholders • Zero waste Country-Specific Challenges and OpportunitiesOne of the lessons from the chapters is that challenges and opportunities have been so far somewhat generically described in the literature, which tends to assume a universal view of challenges and opportunities, where the lessons from developed countries can be without a problem translated to developing countries. We argue that a more contingent approach is needed, taking into account deep structural, institutional and cultural differences between countries. In other words, our understanding of circular economy (CE) challenges and opportunities needs to be geographically and socially embedded to understand country-specific differences. Accordingly, in Chap. 2, Dieleman and Martínez analysed opportunities and challenges of CE in Mexico from a wide systemic perspective inspired by the concept of national innovation systems and its emphasis on distinctiveness of contextual conditions. To frame their discussion, they used the components of such concept, i.e. (i) "market trends and conditions"; (ii) "competitiveness and productivity"; (iii)

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