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Rebound Effects in Circular Manufacturing: Overview of Potential Rebound Mechanisms Activated by Circular Strategies Across Key Business Processes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante, Claudio Sassanelli, Daniela C. A. Pigosso   +2 more
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Expansion and strength properties of concrete containing contaminated recycled concrete aggregate

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2018
In the Middle East region, interior walls of buildings are mostly plastered with gypsum. Thus, the demolition wastes are probably gypsum contaminated, which may lead to internal sulfate attack in new concretes containing recycled concrete.
Sallal R. Abid, Ali H. Nahhab, Husam K.H. Al-aayedi, Athraa M. Nuhair   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial carbonate precipitation for the improvement of quality of recycled aggregates

, 2017
High water absorption is the main drawback of recycled aggregates which greatly hinders the re-use of them in concrete production. In this study, bio-deposition treatment, based on bacterially induced CaCO3 precipitation, was applied to improve the ...
Boon, Nico, De Belie, Nele, Schoon, Joris, Vandevyvere, Brecht, Vanhessche, Sam, Wang, Jianyun   +5 more
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Compressive Strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete using Analysis of Variance [PDF]

, 2016
A step-by-step statistical approach is proposed to obtain optimum proportioning of concrete mixtures using the data obtained through a statistically planned experimental program.
Ganvir, P. V. (Prof), Ghutke, P. V. (Prof), Shelke, P. R. (Prof)   +2 more
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The potency of recycled aggregate in new concrete: A review [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to review the effect of using recycled aggregates (RA) on the properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) following the steady rise in global demand for concrete and the large generation of construction and demolition waste ...
Anike, Emmanuel Ejiofor, Ganjian, Esmaiel, Olubanwo, Adegoke, Saidani, Messaoud, Tyrer, Mark   +4 more
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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
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Sustainability in Italian Dining: A Comparative Study of Perceptions in Full‐Service Restaurants and Agritourism

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi, Patrizia Gazzola, Daniele Grechi, Andrea Vitareti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recycled Concrete Aggregate in Self-Consolidating Concrete: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mechanical Properties, RCA Pre-Treatment and Durability Behaviour

Recycling
This systematic review and meta-analysis per PRISMA 2020 addresses the use of recycled concrete aggregates as a replacement for aggregates in self-consolidating concrete for structural and non-structural use. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of the
Ariana C. Morales Rapallo, Kerstin Kuchta   +1 more
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Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source