Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Sustainable lifestyles, livelihoods and the circular economy / Patrick Schröder, Manisha Anantharaman, Kartika Anggraeni, Tim Foxon and Jeffrey Barber -- Narratives and politics of waste and the circular economy in the global south -- The many circuits of a circular economy / Ashish Chaturvedi, Jai Kumar Gaurav and Pragya Gupta -- The politics of marine plastics pollution / Patrick Schröder and Victoria Chillcott -- Circular economy and inclusion of informal waste pickers : political economy perspectives from India and Brazil / Patricia Noble Gonzales -- The role of women in upcycling initiatives in Jakarta, Indonesia : a case for the circular economy in a developing country / Priliantina Bebasari -- Policy frameworks and green industrial development approaches -- The Argentinean zero waste framework : implementation gaps and over-sight of reusable menstrual management technologies / Jacqueline Gaybor and Henry Chavez -- Assessment of the circular economy transition readiness at a national level : the Colombian case / Claudia Garcia and Steve Cayzer -- Promoting industrial symbiosis in China's industrial parks as a circular economy strategy: the experience of the Teda eco centre / An Chen, Yuyan Song and Kartika Anggraeni -- Accelerating the transition to a circular economy in africa : case studies from Kenya and South Africa / Peter Desmond and Milcah Asamba -- Livelihoods and traditional circular economy practices: -- Securing nutrition through the revival of circular lifestyles : a case study of endogenous rural communities in Rajasthan / Deepak Sharma and Jayesh Joshi -- Contesting thoughts and attitudes to "sufficiency" : organic farming in an urbanised village in Thailand / Atsushi Watabe -- Conclusion and outlook: circular economy approaches for the sustainable development goals -- Pathways to an inclusive circular economy / Patrick Schroeder, Manisha Anantharaman, Kartika Anggraeni, Tim Foxon -- Index.