Barriers to the Circular Economy – Integration of Perspectives and Domains
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In this paper, the authors identified barriers to a transition to the circular economy, which are financial, structural, operational, attitudinal and technological, and they are also characterized by a need to increase integration between a number of different perspectives and domains in industry.About:
This article is published in Procedia CIRP.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 360 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Circular economy & Sustainable development.read more
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Barriers to the Circular Economy : Evidence From the European Union (EU)
Julian Kirchherr,Laura Piscicelli,Ruben Bour,Ruben Bour,Erica Kostense-Smit,Jennifer Muller,Anne Huibrechtse-Truijens,Marko P. Hekkert +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first large-N-study on circular economy barriers in the EU (208 survey respondents, 47 expert interviews) and find that cultural barriers, particularly a lack of consumer interest and awareness as well as a hesitant company culture, are considered the main barriers by businesses and policy-makers.
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Circular Economy in Spanish SMEs: Challenges and opportunities
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was carried out in Navarra and the Basque Country, Spain to explore the potential for implementation of the circular economy in SMEs and the barriers and opportunities they may distinguish from it.
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Unlocking the circular economy through new business models based on large-scale data: An integrative framework and research agenda
Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour,Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour,Joseph Sarkis,Moacir Godinho Filho +3 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make the case for the integration of the circular economy (CE) and large-scale data (LD), also known as big data, and introduce a new integrative framework to enhance the understanding of the CE-LD nexus.
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Prioritizing barriers to adopt circular economy in construction and demolition waste management
TL;DR: In this paper, construction and demolition (CD ineffective CD and using finitely recyclable construction materials) are ranked as three high priority barriers which should be removed before transforming current linear economy to circular economy in C&D waste management.
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Bio-based fertilizers: A practical approach towards circular economy.
TL;DR: In order to effectively implement technologies based on biological resources, it is necessary to construct small wastes solubilization or fertilizer installations at the site of waste generation, which will solve the problem of waste transport or sanitary hazards.
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