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Jagdeep Singh

Researcher at International Institute of Minnesota

Publications -  37
Citations -  1000

Jagdeep Singh is an academic researcher from International Institute of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Upcycling. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 30 publications receiving 694 citations. Previous affiliations of Jagdeep Singh include Royal Institute of Technology & Nottingham Trent University.

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Resource recovery from post-consumer waste : Important lessons for the upcoming circular economy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed over 50 examples of products developed from discarded materials, categorising them into the recovery routes described in the circular economy literature, and identified practical challenges to implementing a circular economy.
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Progress and challenges to the global waste management system

TL;DR: The study leads to the conclusion that the current, rather isolated efforts, in different systems for waste management, waste reduction and resource management are indeed not sufficient in a long term sustainability perspective.
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An assessment of achievements of the WEEE Directive in promoting movement up the waste hierarchy: experiences in the UK.

TL;DR: A series of measures are proposed: promoting recovery routes and practices that facilitate reuse of suitable products, adapting recycling technology to increase recovery of critical raw materials and targeted policies to encourage the application of the waste hierarchy within a resource efficiency-oriented framework.
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Evaluating low-carbon city initiatives from the DPSIR framework perspective

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated current low-carbon city initiatives using the DPSIR (Driving forces-Pressures-State-Impacts-Impact-Responses) causal effect framework for investigating interactions between environmental issues and human activities.
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Challenges and opportunities for scaling up upcycling businesses – The case of textile and wood upcycling businesses in the UK

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify potential actors for the success of upcycling businesses, key challenges and success factors, causal linkages among the challenges, key system mechanisms, and interventions for scaling up upcycling businesses.