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<p>Nowadays, many new questions arise regarding the creation and setting of goals for a sustainable circular economy. The study focused on exploring the connections between the concepts of circularity and sustainability in the circular economy. Sustainability aspects integrated into long-term circular economy processes have a clear impact on the environment, the economy and political decisions. The study examines the factors that contribute to and influence the formation of the circular economy and reveals the connection between circularity and sustainability. After reviewing the literature on the links between circularity and sustainability, the theoretical methods that are most often applied to examine aspects of circularity and sustainability have been identified and reviewed. It was also conducted by bibliometric analysis for 2021-2023 which helps to identify current trends and found that the number of studies analysed included five groups which show that the studies are focused on impact, production, end, review and value. The results of the bibliometric analysis show that circularity has links with supply chain, sustainability, material circularity, efficiency and value. The authors have presented research by topic because knowledge is needed to fill existing gaps.</p>
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Nowadays, many new questions arise regarding the creation and setting of goals for a sustainable circular economy. The study focused on exploring the connections between the concepts of circularity and sustainability in the circular economy. Sustainability aspects integrated into long-term circular economy processes have a clear impact on the environment, the economy and political decisions. The study examines the factors that contribute to and influence the formation of the circular economy and reveals the connection between circularity and sustainability. After reviewing the literature on the links between circularity and sustainability, the theoretical methods that are most often applied to examine aspects of circularity and sustainability have been identified and reviewed. It was also conducted by bibliometric analysis for 2021-2023 which helps to identify current trends and found that the number of studies analysed included five groups which show that the studies are focused on impact, production, end, review and value. The results of the bibliometric analysis show that circularity has links with supply chain, sustainability, material circularity, efficiency and value. The authors have presented research by topic because knowledge is needed to fill existing gaps.

Formation the links between circularity and sustainability in the circular economy

Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship

Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Global Challenges

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Nowadays, many new questions arise regarding the creation and setting of goals for a sustainable circular economy. The study focused on exploring the...

Formation the links between circularity and sustainability in the circular economy

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2024

Pages: 1 - 20

Reçu: 01 déc. 2023

Accepté: 01 janv. 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlst-2023-0010

Mots clés
circularity, sustainability, theories, factors, links

© 2023 Olga Lingaitienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Formation the links between circularity and sustainability in the circular economy

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2024

Pages: 1 - 20

Reçu: 01 déc. 2023

Accepté: 01 janv. 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlst-2023-0010

Mots cléscircularity, sustainability, theories, factors, links

© 2023 Olga Lingaitienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
circularity, sustainability, theories, factors, links