International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 15 4 2026 10 22 Transitioning from Linear to Circular: Evaluating the Economic and Sustainability Potential of Circular Economy in India 35 45 EN Sirojiddin Muradov 1 Karshi state technical university, Karshi, Uzbekistan Dubey Arti 1 Department of Chemistry, VIVA College Virar (W), Maharashtra, India KANSOLE and Laboratory of Geosciences and Environment (LaGE) Michelline Marie Regina 1 University Yembila Abdoulaye Toguyeni, P.O 54 Fada N' Gourma, Burkina Faso University Joseph KI-ZERBO 2 Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Engineering Science Research, Polytechnic School of Ouagadougou (EPO), 18 PO 234 Ouaga 18, Burkina Faso P.O 7021 3 University Yembila Abdoulaye Toguyeni, P.O 54 Fada N' Gourma, Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 4 Burkina Faso 5 BEIDARI Mohamed 6 KIMA Adama 7 Kumar Brinder 1 Department of Zoology, GGM Science College Jammu, J&K (UT), India Yadav Surender Singh 1 Department of Economics, Government College, Kanina (Mahendergarh), Haryana, India Narayan Laxmi 2 Department of Economics, Government College, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India > Research Paper 2026 8 2 2026 10 22 We examine various indicators of the circular economy in the Indian context. For this purpose, we have analyzed the relationship between material consumption (Direct Material Consumption, DMC and Material Footprints, MF), share of renewable energy in the energy basket, CO₂ emissions and economic growth (GDP) in India from 1990 to 2024. Using data extracted from international organizations databases (World Development Indicators, WDI and United Nation Environment program, (UNEP), the paper uses Johansen cointegration and VECM to understand the long-run and short-run relationship between variables. The paper found that GDP, material consumption, and renewable energy have a steady long-run equilibrium with GDP adjusting at a speed of 23-28% per year. But we find no cointegration between CO₂ emissions, material use, and renewable energy, suggesting that emissions are driven by factors outside this system. We observed that results pertaining to the short-run indicate that material consumption has a negative effect on GDP and renewable energy coefficients are insignificant. Copyright@ International Science Community Association