Abstract:

The main purpose of this study is to clarify the basic but strong relationship between the circular economy and sustainability. By the increase in the world population, the globalization rate has increased and the global economy has grown rapidly. As a result, short-term economic policies focused on issues such as growth in economies, reducing unemployment and accelerating economic development, especially in the second half of the 20th century, have been given priority. However, as all of this was realized, criticism of the development economy began to increase, and the increase in population growth and industrialization, as well as the demand for natural resources and the pressure on these resources, highlighted the need for questioning about the continuity of global wealth and production-consumption activities. At this point, instead of the economic evaluation of the continuity of the development of societies, a more comprehensive evaluation is carried out, which includes economic, social and environmental factors. The aim of this study is to enlighten the relation between circular economy and sustainability.

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