Solid waste issue: Sources, composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization

The influence of Chinese environmental regulation on corporation innovation and competitiveness

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Recycling, recovering and preventing “food waste”: competing solutions for food systems sustainability in the United States and France

Green marketing consumer-level theory review: A compendium of applied theories and further research directions

A linear economy approach results in many environmental challenges: resources become depleted and end up as waste and emissions. One of the key strategies to overcome these problems is using waste as a resource, i.e. evolving toward a circular economy. To monitor this transition, suitable indicators are needed that focus on sustainability issues whilst taking into account the technical reality. In this paper, we develop such an indicator to quantify the circular economy performance of different plastic waste treatment options. This indicator is based on the technical quality of the plastic waste stream and evaluates resource consumption by using the Cumulative Exergy Extraction from the Natural Environment (CEENE) method. To illustrate the use of this new indicator, it was applied in a case study on post-industrial plastic waste treatment. The results show that the indicator can be a very useful approach to guide waste streams towards their optimal valorization option, based on quality of the waste flow and the environmental benefit of the different options.

Performance indicators for a circular economy: A case study on post-industrial plastic waste

Packaging waste recycling in Europe: is the industry paying for it?

On the economic performance of the waste sector. A literature review.

Economic cost recovery in the recycling of packaging waste: the case of Portugal

Influence of regulation on the productivity of waste utilities. What can we learn with the Portuguese experience

Decision makers must keep in mind that water services have an invaluable ‘price’ for the public budget and society’s welfare. However, due to the specific features of the service, water utilities are prone to inefficiency. Thus, performance evaluation becomes indispensable to face this constraint. Besides the application of the traditional technique of Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate the performance of Portuguese water utilities, this study also implements the robust technique of order-m to assess the influence of operational environment on water utilities’ performance. In spite of several reforms, the Portuguese water sector still reveals significant levels of inefficiency, partially caused by an inappropriate operating scale. Concerning the operational environment, it was possible to observe a positive influence of private sector participation, economies of scope, and groundwater sources on efficiency. The influence of the ‘quality of service provided’ was also studied in this performance ...

Pedro Simões

Papers

Packaging waste recycling in Europe: is the industry paying for it?

On the economic performance of the waste sector. A literature review.

Economic cost recovery in the recycling of packaging waste: the case of Portugal

Influence of regulation on the productivity of waste utilities. What can we learn with the Portuguese experience

Water services performance: do operational environment and quality factors count?