Towards a consensus on the circular economy
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The growing importance of the circular economy as a way to attain sustainable development has encouraged scholars to propose different ways to understand it and highlight its relationship with eco-innovation as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2017-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 608 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Circular economy & Industrial ecology.read more
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Waste Mismanagement in Developing Countries: A Review of Global Issues.
TL;DR: The main impacts due to waste mismanagement in developing countries are reviewed, focusing on environmental contamination and social issues, and the activity of the informal sector in developing cities was also reviewed.
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Circular economy indicators: What do they measure?
Gustavo Longaray Moraga,Sophie Huysveld,Fabrice Mathieux,Gian Andrea Blengini,Luc Alaerts,Karel Van Acker,Steven De Meester,Jo Dewulf +7 more
TL;DR: A classification framework to understand what indicators measure is proposed and none of the analysed indicators focuses on the preservation of functions.
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Targets for a circular economy
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework based on 10 common circular economy strategies (i.e. recover, recycling, repurpose, remanufacture, refurbish, repair, reuse, reduce, rethink, refuse) is applied to scrutinise the selected targets.
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On the sustainability of lithium ion battery industry – A review and perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined technologies and research efforts in battery recycling from the perspective of economic viability and life cycle inventory, and comments on the challenges facing battery recycling, and the role of battery design and circular economy in the sustainable development of battery industry where governments, manufacturers and consumers all play a part.
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Operational principles of circular economy for sustainable development: Linking theory and practice
Brais Suárez-Eiroa,Emilio Fernández,Gonzalo Méndez-Martínez,David Soto-Oñate,David Soto-Oñate +4 more
TL;DR: This research conducted a review of the scientific literature relative to CE and proposed operational principles which join the theoretical goals of CE within the sustainable development framework to practical strategies of implementation.
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An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output
TL;DR: The index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number ≥h, is proposed as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.
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