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Mike Tregent
Environment Agency, Waste Strategy, Reading RG1 8DQ, UK

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Journal article
Published: 02 May 2018 in Sustainability
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The United Kingdom’s (UK) economy is overly reliant on unsustainable production and consumption practices that deplete finite resources at rates that will increase production costs, business risk, and economic instability; it also produces emissions and waste that cause climate change and environmental degradation, impacting on well-being in the UK and beyond. The Resource Recovery from Waste programme (RRfW) promotes a transition towards waste and resource management in a circular economy that restores the environment, creates societal benefits, and promotes clean growth by engaging relevant actors in academia, government, and industry to co-produce a shared vision and approach that will realise such a transition. Sharing the RRfW’s government engagement results, this article presents a positive outlook for changing the UK economy and society through waste and resource management practices that maximise the values of materials by circulating them in the economy for as long as possible. Key themes, regulatory instruments, a stable policy framework, and an approach for effective academic–government collaboration are proposed. Comparing the results to government plans in four UK nations shows great differences in progress towards realising a circular economy. The article concludes with recommendations to capitalise on opportunities for growth, innovation, and resilient infrastructure whilst contributing to quality jobs and welfare throughout the UK.

ACS Style

Anne Velenturf; Phil Purnell; Mike Tregent; John Ferguson; Alan Holmes. Co-Producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1401 .

AMA Style

Anne Velenturf, Phil Purnell, Mike Tregent, John Ferguson, Alan Holmes. Co-Producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1401.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Anne Velenturf; Phil Purnell; Mike Tregent; John Ferguson; Alan Holmes. 2018. "Co-Producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners." Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1401.

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Published: 05 February 2018
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The UK economy is overly reliant on unsustainable production and consumption practices, depleting finite resources at rates that will increase production costs, business risk and economic instability. This over-consumption produces emissions and waste that cause climate change and environmental degradation, impacting on the wellbeing of people in the UK and beyond. The Resource Recovery from Waste programme (RRfW) promotes a transition towards waste and resource management in a circular economy that restores the environment, creates societal benefits and promotes clean growth by engaging relevant actors in the transition process. RRfW collaborates with academia, government, and industry to co-produce a shared vision and approach to realise such a transition. Reflecting insights from RRfW’s government engagement, this article presents a positive outlook for changing the UK economy and society. It envisions a long-term future for waste and resource management that maximises the value of materials by circulating them in the economy for as long as possible. Four themes and an approach are proposed, including recommendations for regulatory instruments and a stable policy framework. It recommends further collaborative research to capitalise on opportunities for economic growth, innovation and resilient infrastructure whilst contributing to quality jobs and welfare in all four UK nations.

ACS Style

Anne P. M. Velenturf; Phil Purnell; Mike Tregent; John Ferguson; Alan Holmes. Co-producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners. 2018, 1 .

AMA Style

Anne P. M. Velenturf, Phil Purnell, Mike Tregent, John Ferguson, Alan Holmes. Co-producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners. . 2018; ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Anne P. M. Velenturf; Phil Purnell; Mike Tregent; John Ferguson; Alan Holmes. 2018. "Co-producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners." , no. : 1.