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Implementation of a Circular Economy

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A circular economy is an economic form with material circular flow as its core, and it attempts to reduce the influences of human activity on the natural environment system via the flow of closed material in the human socio-economic system, based on phased and efficient utilization of the energy flowing into the human socio-economic system.

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  1. School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Jiansu Mao, Chunhui Li, Yuansheng Pei & Linyu Xu

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Classroom Discussions and Assignments

Classroom Discussions and Assignments

9.1.1 Topic Discussion

A circular economy involves each field of a social economy; therefore, everyone must participate and assume responsibility for their corresponding field. Please consider and discuss the following topics:

What can we do to implement a circular economy?

Based on a typical problem in a hometown or specific region, discuss how to implement a circular economy.

9.1.2 Homework and Presentation in Class

Specific to the topics discussed in class, locate research papers concerning cases of circular economy for class discussion via the group. The grading scale is shown in Table 9.1.

Table 9.1 Grading of the group report in class
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Mao, J., Li, C., Pei, Y., Xu, L. (2018). Implementation of a Circular Economy. In: Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Enterprises. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8524-6_9

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