Futures Volume 150, June 2023, 103180 Under a Creative Commons license open access Previous Keywords Degrowth Circular economy Waste Bioregion Material consumption 1. Contested futures of the social metabolism In postulating a society that can potentially thrive by reducing waste and producing goods using discarded materials, the circular economy (CE) has gained incredible momentum worldwide. Yet this imaginary is bound to techno-managerial and pro-growth assumptions.
