Joan Rieradevall and Carles Gasol present their book on circular economy in Barcelona

Doctors Joan Rieradevall Pons and Carles Gasol Martínez will present their book Economía circular. El camino hacia la sostenibilidad (Circular Economy. The Path Towards Sustainability) on Wednesday, September 17, at 7 p.m., at the Byron Bookshop in Barcelona (C/ de Casanova, 32). The return from the summer holidays will be the opportunity to officially introduce this work, which presents circular economy as one of the decisive strategies to achieve sustainable development.

Joan Rieradevall Pons holds a PhD in Chemical Sciences and is a scientific advisor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). An expert in sustainability, eco-design, and circular economy, he has published more than 170 articles and supervised numerous doctoral theses.

Carles Gasol Martínez holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the UAB and is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at the UAB (DEQBA-UAB).

Both authors are also co-founders of the spin-off companies from the UAB Research Park, Inèdit Innova and Tectum Garden. As a result of their close ties with the University, last May Economía circular. El camino hacia la sostenibilidad was published by the UAB Publications Service, in both paid print and free open-access electronic formats.

The authors’ professional and academic experience gave rise to this publication, which aims to bring readers closer to circular economy, proposing it as one of the decisive strategies of the 21st century to foster sustainable development, while raising the question of whether it will become a reality or remain a short-term aspiration after analyzing political, economic, social, and environmental factors.

On Wednesday, September 17, at 7 p.m., the Byron Bookshop in Barcelona will host the first presentation of the book, which intends to pay special tribute to the individuals, professionals, and organizations that contributed to making it a reality.

In addition to the authors themselves, the event will feature representatives from the UAB and from the fields of environmental policy and circular economy, such as Xavier Gabarrell Durany, professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering and Vice-Rector for Campus and Sustainability at the UAB; and Pilar Chiva Rodríguez, a graduate in Chemical Sciences and Director of the Circular Economy Area at the Catalan Waste Agency (ARC).

Other events
Coinciding with World Environment Day, on Thursday, June 5, the authors took part in a dialogue at Espai Mundana in Barcelona on policies, indicators, tools, and innovation strategies that help reduce the environmental impact of consumption.

On October 1, the authors will give a lecture on sustainable design at the Design Museum of Barcelona, within the framework of the exhibition “Matter Matters. Designing with the World.”