Published in Economy and Society 2015 (Vol. 44.2) DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2015.1013353 1 Interrogating the Circular Economy: the Moral Economy of Resource Recovery in the EU. Nicky Gregson #1 , Mike Crang 1 , Sara Fuller 2 & Helen Holmes 3 # Corresponding author 1. Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. 2. Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN This research was conducted at Durham University, where Fuller and Holmes were employed under the ESRC and EPSRC grants acknowledged at the end of the paper. Email addresses: nicky.gregson@durham.ac.uk m.a.crang@durham.ac.u sara.fuller@mq.edu.au h.holmes@sheffield.ac.uk Biographical notes: Nicky Gregson is a Professor of Human Geography at Durham University. She led the ESRC-funded Waste of the World programme and has published extensively on waste and recycling in economies. Mike Crang is a Professor of Geography at Durham University who has worked on waste, cultural ǀalues aŶd laŶdsĐape. He has puďlished seǀeƌal ďooks aŶd is ĐuƌƌeŶtlLJ fiŶishiŶg UŶďeĐoŵiŶg ThiŶgs with Nicky Gregson and a work on Wastescapes in photography. Helen Holmes is a Research Assistant at the University of Sheffield, currently working on the EPSRC- fuŶded iŶteƌdisĐipliŶaƌLJ pƌojeĐt “olaƌ EŶeƌgLJ foƌ Futuƌe “oĐieties. As the pƌojeĐts ethŶogƌapheƌ, HeleŶs ƌole ďuilds upoŶ heƌ iŶteƌest iŶ pƌaĐtiĐe ďLJ edžploƌiŶg iŶteƌdisĐipliŶaƌLJ pƌaĐtiĐes aŵoŶg the research team. Sara Fuller is a lecturer in the Department of Environment and Geography at Macquarie University, Australia. Her research explores concepts and practices of justice and democracy in the field of environment, with empirical focus on grassroots, community and activist responses to climate change. Prior to joining Macquarie, she worked and conducted research in the UK and Hong Kong.