Trade-offs of National Circular Economy Agendas: Comparing the wins and losses across economy, society, and environment for the Circular Economy Programme of the Netherlands

In recent years, there has been an emergence of the concept of “circular economy (CE)”, which promises to close the loop in terms of resource extraction consumption in the prevailing economic paradigm. This promises environmental and socioeconomic benefits, but the risk exists where the benefits of the circular transition might be unevenly...