Circular practices with a public driven local development processes.

Even though it is not a recent concept, Circular Economy (CE) is nowaday on the main stream of European policies and it is widely discussed on scientific literature. Overall, it seems to be a practice oriented development idea that is learning, inductively, from its practices. With some critical interpretations based on the inventory of practices, the article try to shed lights on main features for addressing development processes. Limitations, type of strategies, alternative impacts, role of stakeholder and scales of implementation must be taken into account once circular solutions want to be designed and introduced in a territory. It is argued that most effective CE developments are driven by practices and led mainly by public authorities. In this regard, it is breifly introduced two research experiences that have envisioned circular practices with a design thinking approach.