Viable Business Models in the Circular Economy – Call for Papers

03.05.2026
How do circular business models work in practice? In which contexts have business models based on circular economy strategies been proven successful? There are many publications about circular business models that could be implemented. However, we do not see many viable business models based on circular strategies in the real world besides the well-known practice of recycling.

Call for papers: Publish your experience!

The well-known scientific journal „Sustainability“ will publish a special issue dedicated to showcasing real-world business models based on strategies of the circular economy. Anne Scheinberg (Chair of ISWA’s Working Group for Recycling and Waste Minimisation) and I will be editing this issue. We are calling for submissions that demonstrate and benchmark physical, measurable and actionable circular materials management including advanced recycling cases. I invite you to submit an article. Details can be found here.

Small number of waiver available 
If you would like to submit a paper, please let me know – I will then inform the publisher. As this is an open access journal, you can expect to pay a processing fee. As Guest Editors we have a few fee waivers or fee reductions, which we can use once a paper has gone through the review process and been accepted based on its scientific merit. If you are currently engaged in the topic but have no publishable current research or projects that you are ready to submit, I would be happy if you are willing to serve as a peer reviewer.

Henning Friege

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