Circular Economy: From Waste Reduction to Value Creation

From the Forward:
…It is the aim of this book, which, in a cross-disciplinary research of transdisciplinarity, provides answers for the implementation via policies of the new foundations of our development model. Based on the experience of pioneering
companies, on work in sociology and education, on the shared normative framework and on the indispensable return to territories as spaces for sustainable development, this book enables everyone to grasp this paradigm shift, this revolution, by
approaching it by author’s contribution, by thematic chapter or as a whole.
I would like to commend this work, a remarkable work of reference today, to be read as a matter of urgency. It will not be out of date for years to come, even if it is clear that new ideas, new concepts and innovative models will emerge, because the
foundations are real foundations for those who want to understand the circular economy in relation to the many challenges posed by the limits of our planet and the framework of our unique way of thinking, which is blocked by a development
model, the societal rules that structure our common life and the dynamics of human growth…
–- François-Michel LAMBERT
Member of French Parliament
President of the Institut national de l’économie circulaire