The Circular Bioeconomy: Institutional and Production Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics)

Founded on distinct principles to the fossil fuel-based, linear economy, the sustainable, circular bioeconomy requires different social values and institutions and a better understanding of the complexity of the production process.A circular bioeconomy provides a framework for using renewable natural capital to manage land, biodiversity, food, and other industries, with the aim of improving social well-being and environmental safety. The contributors to this book analyse the evolution of the economic system towards the circular economy and bioeconomy and its place in the paradigm of sustainable development.They look at institutions and their importance for the bioeconomy and examine the question of the behaviour of market entities - enterprises and consumers - as well as the meaning of social and environmental responsibility for these entities.They also discuss the issues of the product itself: the process of creation, production, processing and the quality of the product, including it