In recent years, policy makers at various levels have discovered the concept of a circular economy and as a result, are increasingly proposing strategies and legal instruments to support the transition from a linear economy towards a more circular economy.This book explores the concept of a circular economy from both a legal and an interdisciplinary perspective. It provides an in-depth analysis of the initiatives taken at EU level and in several EU Member States (including Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia and the Scandinavian countries), both with regard to movables and immovables and in the various stages of the value chain.Consumer Protection in a Circular Economy provides the reader with an examination of the most pressing issues in consumer protection today.

Contributions by: Evelyne Terryn, Bert Keirsbilck, Hugo Maria Schally, Renatas Mazeika, Karel Van Acker, Johan Eyckmans, Anaïs Michel, Sandra Rousseau, Fryderyk Zoll, Vanessa Mak, Enna Lujinovic, Annick De Boeck, Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Carl Dalhammar, Petra Weingerl, Janja Hojnik, Benjamin Verheye, Klaus Tonner, Francisco de Elizalde, Hans-W. Micklitz