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PART 1: WHAT WE DREAM OF! 1. Circularity dreams – denying physical realities 2. Does waste equal food? Examining the feasibility of circular economy in the food industry 3. The impossible dream: can the circular economy alone solve waste management complexities of the Global South? 4. The entropic nature of the economic process: a scientific explanation of the blunder of circular economy 5. The impossibility of circular recycling PART 2: WHAT ARE OUR BLIND SPOTS? 6. Circular economy, sustainability and functional differentiation: an impossibility and its strategic-methodological implications 7. Circularity is not sustainability: how well-intentioned concepts distract us from our true goals, and how SiD can help navigate that challenge 8. Circular Economy: from panacea for sustainability to conceptual and resource realities 9. Some observations on the current Circular Economy model: in particular, the mineral-metal-material stream blind spots 10. Circular economy leadership: leadership mindsets and behaviours the unseen impossibility 11. Can there be a responsible narrative about the circular economy? 12. Who has discursive agency to change global environmental narratives? Insights from the China-EU cooperation discourse on circular economy 13. Brazil’s structural issues in advancing the circular economy: the case of biogas PART 3: WHAT WE NEED TO STRESS MORE! 14. The Circular Economy should finally demand the impossible 15. System leadership for overcoming the impossibilities of a circular economy 16. From closed to open systems: applying systems thinking to reframe strategic decision-making 17. Truly circular economies require deep collaboration: the principles underlying successful circular economies 18. Development and implementation of resource labelling 19. Circularitys stumbling blocks: how stuttering implementation and socio-metabolic root causes adversely interact PART 4: WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE SEE? 20. Global resource use and the future: any room for the circular economy? 21. Regenerative economy: the embedding of circularity 22. Circular Economy through a system change lens 23. Practising circular economy: stumbling blocks for circulation and recycling 24. Implementation of refuse derived fuel technology toward achieving a sustainable circular economy: potentials and compatibility in Bangladesh. 25. From profit to prosperity: making the impossible possible through integral investing 26. Coming full circle: putting the social into circular economy
