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Understanding Sustainable Business Model Barriers: The Interplay of Sustainable Value Dynamics and Organizational Tensions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability‐oriented startups face challenges in implementing sustainable business models due to resource constraints, technological uncertainty and competing economic, social and environmental objectives. Although prior studies have identified numerous sustainable business model barriers, limited attention has been given to the ...
Sandra Naomi Morioka, Andressa Kelly da Silva Nunes, Ivan Bolis   +2 more
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A Flexible Inventory Model for Municipal Solid Waste Recycling [PDF]

Most of the United States have laws mandating the recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW). In order to comply, municipalities recycle quotas of materials, without regard to fluctuating prices.
Shih, Jhih-Shyang, Louis, Garrick
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Profits, Image, and Sustainability in Plastic Waste Recycling Behavior

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plastic waste is an environmental and public health concern. In the agricultural sector, plastic waste handling is largely unregulated. Using survey data from horticultural firms, we investigate a previously unexplored relationship between a firm's decision to voluntarily discard recyclable plastic containers and the firm's perception about ...
Yawotse Nouve, Wojciech J. Florkowski
wiley   +1 more source

Composting of municipal solid municipal wastes

, 2020
В статье представлены результаты разработки установки и технологии оптимальной утилизации органической части подрешеточного продукта твердых бытовых отходов (ТБО) совместно со спилами деревьев и осадком сточных вод очистных сооружений. Для достижения поставленной цели были решены следующие основные задачи: проведен обзор и анализ существующих ...
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Industrial Symbiosis as a Neglected Opportunity in Industrial Decarbonisation Pathways: Qualitative Insights From the Australian Manufacturing Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial symbiosis (IS) represents a key strategy for industrial decarbonisation (ID) by converting one industry's waste into valuable inputs for another, reducing emissions and resource extraction. Scientific studies have explored the concept, implementation approaches and theoretical foundations of IS.
Marzieh Dehghan Niri, A S M Monjurul Hasan, Andrea Trianni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated assessment of environmental and economic impact of municipal solid waste incineration for power generation: A case study in China

Heliyon
Municipal solid waste incineration for power generation is significant for reducing and reusing solid waste. The study conducted an integrated assessment of environment and economy on municipal solid waste incineration in China, from a “cradle to grave ...
Hongtao Sun, Wen Li, Jing Wang, Xiaopeng Qin, Lijian Jin, Fei Tian, Tongsuo Yang, Feng Zhang, Leping Chen, Yifei Shi, Xueliang Yuan   +10 more
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Circular Transitions in Healthcare Waste Management in Vietnam: An Institutional Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Healthcare waste management (HCWM) is a growing environmental and public health concern. This study explores how the institutional pressures that shape HCWM practices evolve toward circularity through coercive, normative, and mimetic isomorphisms and how these mechanisms influence organisational behaviour in Vietnam, a complex, highly ...
V. Tuomala, S. Schiffling, R. McClelland, S. K. Kok, D. T. Tran, P. Hoang, A. Nguyen, A. Ngo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuum percolation of the realistic nonuniform ITZs in 3D polyphase concrete systems involving the aggregate shape and size differentiation

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) percolation is an effective parameter reflecting the connectivity of ITZs in cementitious materials, and its emergence may accelerate the penetration of inimical ions.
Lin Jianjun, Wang Yue, Li Mingqi, Chen Huisu, Cao Haiying, Jing Chao   +5 more
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge, Patrick Arhin, Kerstin Zander   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Municipal Solid Waste Management

, 2011
Composting has proved an effective way for municipalities to reduce both space and methane gas in landfills. Through years of research and trial and error the best methods for municipal solid waste composting are better understood. With a firm understanding of the microbial processes that take place during composting, the parameters for achieving a ...
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