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Exploring opportunities for public sector organisations to connect wellbeing to resource loops in a regional circular economy

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  • Carla De Laurentis
  • Katie Beverley
  • Nick Clifton
  • Emily Bacon
  • Jennifer Rudd
  • Gary Walpole

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This paper contributes towards our understanding of the role of public sector organisations in delivering circular economy (CE) goals, suggesting that such organisations seek to deliver social value when implementing CE activities. Through empirical evidence from Wales, and a programme designed to deliver circular outcomes via increased collaborative working in public sector organisations, the paper shows that public sector actors interpret the CE as a means to deliver well-being outcomes. The paper shows that public sector organisations, in Wales, are seeking to exploit the maximum social value from CE activities. This, the paper argues, requires a nuanced attention to the context and circumstances in which public service delivery is implemented. A legislative framework, the Wellbeing Future Generations Act (2015), that promotes collaborative working with people and communities to prevent persistent problems such as poverty, health inequalities and climate change, is supporting the creation of a definition of a CE that connects people and wellbeing to resource loops. The key contribution of the paper is to provide an empirical model demonstrating how public sector organisations in Wales are enacting CE in Wales, mediating between and integrating the social, material and spatial elements of a CE.

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  • Carla De Laurentis & Katie Beverley & Nick Clifton & Emily Bacon & Jennifer Rudd & Gary Walpole, 2024. "Exploring opportunities for public sector organisations to connect wellbeing to resource loops in a regional circular economy," Contemporary Social Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1-3), pages 303-336, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsocxx:v:19:y:2024:i:1-3:p:303-336
    DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2024.2356190
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