The Circular Economy represents a transformation from the previous “take-make-waste”-economy by understanding the use of resources and energy as circular rather than linear. The goals of the Circular Economy are to be understood as a task for society as a whole, which addresses behavioural, ecological and economic problems in addition to technical issues. It is urgently time to establish close cooperation between these pillars in order to realise an energy and raw material turnaround as well as the necessary social transformation.

Thus, we at Clausthal University of Technology have set ourselves the goal of creating an interdisciplinary platform and uniting actors from different scientific and research disciplines under the umbrella of the Clausthal Conference on Circular Economy (CCCE) in a holistic discourse on the sustainable use of energy and resources.