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Horizons and Challenges: An Overview of Strategies for Circular Economy Education in Schools

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Education is fundamental to preparing future professionals for the transition to a circular economy (CE), and it requires the development of competences from the earliest stages of schooling. Nevertheless, teachers continue to face challenges in integrating the circular economy into classroom practice. This article presents a literature review
Maiara Lais Marcon, Simone Sehnem
wiley   +1 more source

Worker exposure to persistent organic pollutants, as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and biological hazards during the processing of waste upholstered domestic seating in Great Britain. [PDF]

Ann Work Expo Health
Gosling RJ, Simpson AT, Bailey C, Baldwin PEJ, Lord S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Utilization and Fire Protection of Wood‐Based Composites in Buildings: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing use of wood and wood‐based composites in construction reflects a global shift toward renewable materials that support sustainable development objectives, including carbon reduction and responsible resource use. While wood offers substantial environmental benefits compared to conventional materials such as concrete and steel, its
Qaisar Munir, Marko Hyvärinen, Timo Kärki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Proposal to Permanently Ban Flame Retardant Chemicals to Meet California's Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Volz DC.
europepmc   +1 more source

How digital platforms affect local entrepreneurial activities: Evidence from the staggered entry of craigslist

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Access to markets is critical for entrepreneurial success, yet many face significant barriers. This study argues that digital platforms functioning as peer‐to‐peer marketplaces can facilitate entrepreneurial activity by improving market access for new ventures.
Daehyun Kim, Yongwook Paik, Namil Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Upcycling of regular wood trunks and logs using wave function collapse (WFC), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies for circular design. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Luo J, Yu B, Jiang Y, Fingrut A, Holloway A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
wiley   +1 more source

HAVIT: research on vision-language gesture interaction mechanism for smart furniture. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen H, Mahdzir HAA, Li X, Sayuti NAA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Pollution havens versus gates of hell: Environmental pollution and multinationals' foreign investment

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates an under‐explored cost of operating in pollution havens: the pollution‐induced operational cost, or the increased labor costs and material supply constraints resulting from host countries' environmental pollution.
Juan Bu, Aurora Genin
wiley   +1 more source

VNWoodKnot: A benchmark image dataset for wood knot detection and classification. [PDF]

Data Brief
Tran V, Lam D, Le T.
europepmc   +1 more source