Guest editorial

摘要

The concept of a circular economy (CE) has no universally agreed definition but generally encompasses the notions of waste prevention or alternatively reusing, recycling or recovering wastes and resources to achieve sustainable development (Kirchherr et aL, 2017). CE practices and approaches have been around in some form since indigenous times (Gregson et aL, 2015; Greenwood et aL, 2018; Kosoe et aL, 2019), but explicitly labelled CE objectives have only recently gained traction with law makers and policymakers and in the private, public and third sectors (Geissdoerfer et aL, 2017). The challenge lies in facilitating transitions to achieve such aims. To this end, interactions of property law with CE approaches is one key area to explore further, as property rights can be key influential components that can facilitate CE transitions by influencing resource and waste management.