ABSTRACT Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has been widely adopted across European circular economy governance yet three decades of implementation reveal a persistent and underexplained gap between formal compliance and upstream environmental outcomes.
Cedric Marvin Nkiko, Ken Kaweesa
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Environment and health impacts of synthetic food packaging: materials, synthesis, causes, and potential solutions. [PDF]
Khasru MA, Islam T, Sayam, Islam MS.
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Circular Transitions in Healthcare Waste Management in Vietnam: An Institutional Perspective
ABSTRACTHealthcare 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 regulated
V. Tuomala +7 more
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Greener Prescribing: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Environmental Impact of Metronidazole Dosing Interval Optimization. [PDF]
Alsoubani M +5 more
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations
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 +4 more
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Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor During Hanwoo Manure Composting. [PDF]
Lee WJ, Park GW, Seo SC, Kim KY, Kim JK.
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the structural and distributional factors that influence environmental performance in 27 European Union (EU) countries from 2010 to 2021, focusing especially on circular economy (CE) measures and the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI)‐based analytical tools.
Cosimo Magazzino +3 more
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Sustainable Healthcare: A Perspective on the Current Landscape, Frameworks, Barriers, and Implementation Model in a Quaternary Hospital System. [PDF]
Tuyishime H +4 more
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ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to aid firms' transition toward a circular economy (CE). However, empirical research on how small and medium‐sized enterprises use AI to support this transition is limited. Using the Gioia methodology, we analyze 25 in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with top managers of companies within a local
Abdollah Mohammadparast Tabas +3 more
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Strategies Used to Improve the Performance of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Under Agricultural Greenhouse and Field Production Scenarios in Semi-Arid Conditions. [PDF]
Valenzuela-Soto JH +4 more
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