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Upcycling waste commodity polymers into high-performance polyarylate materials with direct utilization of capping agent impurities

Nature Communications
Commodity polymers are ubiquitous in our society, having replaced many inorganic and metal-based materials due to their versatile properties. However, their functionality heavily relies on the addition of various components known as additives, making it ...
Cheng Li, Guang-ming Yan, Zhongwen Dong, Gang Zhang, Fan Zhang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Corporate Decarbonization via Technology and Management

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive overview of key findings on decarbonization, advanced technologies, and management strategies, highlighting emerging themes shaping the field. Advanced technologies enhance carbon reduction through efficiency, real‐time monitoring, and optimizing resource optimization.
Heidy Montero‐Teran, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Olli Kuivalainen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multifunctional Cationic Waterborne Polyurethane System with High Fire-Safety and Antibacterial Performance Enabled by Phosphorous Acid-Protonated Chitosan

Biomimetics
Waterborne polyurethane (WPU) is widely used in flexible films and textile finishing, but its intrinsic flammability, severe melt dripping, and sensitivity to polar additives restrict its fire-safe applications.
Xin-Yu Tian, Zhen-Guo Zhao, Peng Chen, Yan-Peng Ni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers' Intention to Use Circular Business Models: A Configurational Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular business models (CBMs) integrate ecological sustainability and resource efficiency into core business strategies, but their success depends on consumers' intention to use. Grounded in expectancy–value theory, this study investigates how product‐related factors (perceived usefulness, convenience, value for money, and performance risk ...
Christof Falkenberg, Christian Garaus, Raphaela Hellmayr, Siegfried Pöchtrager, Petra Riefler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholders’ Perception and Adoption of Upcycling for Material Utilisation Plans in Road Construction: The Case of South Africa

Buildings
Transportation infrastructure underpins national mobility and economic growth, yet material sourcing for road construction imposes significant environmental and financial costs.
Salome Naicker, Mohamed Mostafa Hassan Mostafa, Paul Terkumbur Adeke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review on Sustainable Upcycling of Plastic Waste Through Depolymerization into High-Value Monomer

Processes
Plastic waste accumulation is one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st century, owing to the widespread use of synthetic polymers and the limitations of conventional recycling methods.
Ramkumar Vanaraj, S. S. Suresh Kumar, S. Kim, M. Santhamoorthy   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Consumer Resistance to Circular Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review of Consumer Barriers and Innovation Resistance in Circular Business Models

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
wiley   +1 more source

Driving Sustainable Innovation through Digital Transformation: A Behavioural Model of the Upcycling Craft Industry in Indonesia [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research
Background Digital transformation has emerged as a key driver of competitiveness across industries, yet its adoption in the upcycling craft sector remains insufficiently explored.
Ellya Zulaikha, Faza Wahmuda, Hadziq Fabroyir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source

Upcycling as a Manifestation of Consumer and Business Behavior that Expresses Sustainable Consumption and Determines the Functioning of the Communal Services Sector

Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2018
The article addresses the issue of upcycling as a new pattern of consumer behaviour, enabling the production of new goods from the previously used products, which prolongs their life.
Michał Czuba
doaj