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Circularity Assessment: Macro to Nano Accountability Towards Sustainability
This open access book attempts to provide a perspective on the circularity assessment at different levels of the systemic hierarchy and advocates...
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Measuring circularity of a manufacturing organization by using sustainable balanced scorecard
In recent years, circular economy has become a matter of great importance because of its ability to contribute toward economic, environmental, and...
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Interventions to increase circularity and reduce environmental impacts in food systems
Applying specific circularity interventions to the food system may have environmental benefits. Using an iterative linear food system optimisation...
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Measuring circularity: evaluation of the circularity of construction products using the ÖKOBAUDAT database
BackgroundOwing to the large amounts of energy, greenhouse gases, and waste that it generates, the construction industry is fundamental to the...
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Circularity indicators and added value to traditional LCA impact categories: example of pig production
PurposeThe purpose of using circularity indicators is to show the effect of changes from linear to more circular systems. This paper contributes to...
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Win-Win: Anthropogenic circularity for metal criticality and carbon neutrality
Resource depletion and environmental degradation have fueled a burgeoning discipline of anthropogenic circularity since the 2010s. It generally...
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Contribution of energy based circularity for better environmental quality: an evidence from Bias-corrected linear dynamic approach
Environmental behavior needs a keen intervention to avoid the upcoming worse outcomes of the energy utilization. Global warming is transitioning...
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What are the impacts of economic complexity and product proximity on nations’ circularity? An empirical approach using statistical analysis
The topic of whether economic complexity or close proximity to a product produces favorable conditions to aid nations in transitioning to the...
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Circularity Assessment: Develo** a Comprehensive Yardstick
The beginning of this millennium witnessed the emergence of the CE concept with an aim of sustainable development. It gradually gained traction from... -
Product Lifecycle Information Flow in E-waste Handling: a Means to Increase Circularity?
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a growing waste stream. In Europe, e-waste is regulated by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)...
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Circularity at Micro Level: A Business Perspective
Circularity assessment at the micro-level (for businesses) is critical for a systemic transition towards a CE as businesses are an integral part of... -
Is environmental tax an enabler of circularity: new insights from the unique database
This paper provides answers to the question that the environmental tax enables the circular economy. By employing six diverse measures to reflect...
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Governing the Transition to Circularity of Textiles – Finnish Companies’ Expectations of Interventions for Change
The governance of the transition to a circular economy (CE) within the textile industry is a topical, complex, and political issue that is...
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Transforming MSMEs towards circularity: an attainable challenge with the appropriate technologies and approaches
Moving Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), in develo** countries, from linear “take—make—dispose” production patterns to circular models...
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Strategy for Circularity Enhancement in Bioeconomy Sector: A Case Study from Biogas Sector of Nepal
The circular bioeconomy (CBE) aims to enhance the value of renewable biowaste by recovering resources, and the biogas sector, in particular, is a...
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Insights from ESG Evaluation for Circularity Assessment
Sustainability and circularity co-exist and both encompass environmental, social, and economic aspects. In the past few years, we have witnessed ESG... -
Informal E-Waste Flows in Montréal: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility and Circularity
Environmental agencies around the world have adopted policies to manage e-waste and reduce the negative environmental impacts associated with its...
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Circularity at Nano Level: A Product/Service Perspective
Implementation of the CE principles at the grass-root level requires closing the loop of products’ life cycles, one that warrants extensive rework at... -
Circularity Integration in Building Practices: Windows of Opportunity
The present chapter introduces the concept of “windows of opportunity” as guiding approach to analyze the Building Process (encompassing pre-design... -