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Barriers and Enablers of Circular Economy in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
wiley   +1 more source

Waste-to-Energy Potential of Petroleum Refinery Sludge, Statistical Optimization, Machine Learning, and Life Cycle Costs Models

ChemEngineering
Sludge management in petroleum refineries is a costly and complex challenge, posing environmental risks and health hazards for humans. This study explores sludge incineration as a viable energy recovery method, using a case study from an Iranian refinery.
Seyyed Roohollah Masoomi, Mohammad Gheibi, Reza Moezzi, Kourosh Behzadian, Atiyeh Ardakanian, Farzad Piadeh, Andres Annuk   +6 more
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The dirty man of Europe? Rubbish, recycling and consumption work in England [PDF]

, 2013
England has been described as 'the dirty man of Europe'. However, the country's household recycling rate has been steadily increasing in the last decade, achieving a recycling rate of 42 per cent in 2011/12 compared to just 12 per cent in 2001/2 (DEFRA ...
Wheeler, Kathryn
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Critical Success Factors for Enhancing the Circular Economy Performance of Last‐Mile Cold Chain Logistics Packaging for Urban Agricultural Products

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the increasing demand for high‐quality agricultural products, the agricultural cold‐chain logistics packaging (ACLP) industry faces significant environmental pressure and circular economy issues. This study analyzes the critical success factors (CSFs) that would enhance ACLP circular economy performance (CEP). The adversarial interpretive
Miao Su, Chunyu Liu, Shucheng Duan, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

DETERMINACIÓN DE PRECURSORES DE DIOXINAS Y FURANOS DE LOS GASES PROCEDENTES DE UN INCINERADOR EN UN REACTOR FOTOCATALÍTICO

Revista EIA
Se presenta un método cromatográfico para la determinación de dioxinas y furanos a partir de uno de sus precursores, tanto en estándares de medición como en muestras reales de gases tomadas en una empresa incineradora de Itagüí, Colombia.
Jorge Mario Giraldo, Aquiles Ocampo
doaj  

Waste Generation, Incineration and Landfill Diversion. De-coupling Trends, Socio-Economic Drivers and Policy Effectiveness in the EU [PDF]

Waste generation and waste disposal are issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the environmental arena both from a policy perspective and in the context of delinking analysis.
Massimiliano Mazzanti, Roberto Zoboli
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Operational Performance Implications of Circular Economy Implementation: An Empirical Exploration in the Manufacturing Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global manufacturing sector has increasingly adopted circular economy (CE) practices to address sustainability challenges and improve operational efficiency. This study explores the impact of five CE practices—reduce, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, and recover—on key operational performance dimensions: quality, speed, dependability ...
Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes, Meiirman Khassen, Ranjit Roy Ghatak, Rohit Joshi, Christian Muñoz Sánchez, Jayakrishna Kandasamy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

INCINERATION OF REFUSE

American Journal of Public Health, 1912
During the past twenty-seven years, about two hundred garbage crematories have been installed by different cities and towns in this country, yet it was not until 1909 that comprehensive, scientific tests of this general type of incinerator by an unbiased authority became available. Table No. 1 summarizes some features of the extensive observations made
openaire   +3 more sources

Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
wiley   +1 more source