The Circular Economy

"A Wealth of Flows is a huge addition helping to make circular economy a reality.
The book creates a clear and vivid overview of how a circular economy can
look like and what kind of changes we have to make. This way, more and more
people understand what it exactly means in practice, and how brilliant our
future can be."--Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, founder and CEO of EPEA Internationale
Umweltforschung GmbH.

"Ken Webster has provided a compelling overview of one of the big ideas - and
imperatives - of our time: how to convert our linear economy, that excels in
making waste out of natural resources, into a circular economy that cycles and
recycles resources to the benefit of humans and the environment. This book
needs to be very widely read."--Paul Ekins, Pr. of Resources and Environmental Policy and
Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.

"Ken Webster shows us how the circular economy moves us beyond our current
world of limits based on 'less is more' and shows us a world of recurrent
abundance based on 'endless is more'. The circular economy is rich with
growth opportunities for all generations; it is going to take us all, and it is going
to take forever... and that is the point."--Bill McDonough, founding principal of William McDonough & Partners, co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC).

"Ken Webster's book is more than a message of hope for a better path forward.
It is a vivid and colorful illustration of how the circular economy is growing to
challenge and ultimately replace the polluting and wasteful manufacturing
industries of past centuries."--Wendy Schmidt, Founder of The Schmidt Family Foundation,
The Schmidt Ocean Institute

"Ken Webster offers a comprehensive solutions set to today's economic and
environmental challenges. The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows provides
inspiration, and details a future state for our economy that is balanced,
restorative and beneficial - for all."--Marty Neese, Chief Operating Officer of SunPower

"Thorough, yet lively and often intriguing, Webster's book gives the interested
reader an in-depth understanding of the key concepts behind the circular
economy, backed with a multitude of real-world case histories, relevant quotes
and extracts, and examples that demonstrate why the CE should be the wave
of the future. This book is a terrific resource and and highly recommended to
anyone interested in circular economy and resource efficiency."--Nabil Nasr, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Academic Affairs & Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology

FOREWORD by Ellen MacArthur
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - ALL THE FLOWS, HISTORY TOO
CHAPTER 2 - THE NECESSITY OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
CHAPTER 3 - FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR
CHAPTER 4 - THROUGH THE MACROSCOPE
CHAPTER 5 - CONSUMER TO USER
CHAPTER 6 - SOCIAL CAPITAL, MARKETS AND MONEY IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
CHAPTER 7 - THE SHARING ECONOMY
CHAPTER 8 - DEVOLVED, DIGITAL AND OPEN-SOURCE MANUFACTURING
AND THE RISE OF URBAN MINING
CHAPTER 9 - THE REGENERATIVE BIOLOGICAL CYCLE - AT SCALE
CHAPTER 10 - EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
CHAPTER 11 - THE GOLDEN THREAD: SYSTEMS, DIGITAL AND A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
CHAPTER 12 - REASON IN AN AGE OF UNREASON