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From liquid learning to weaving learning: Negotiating meanings of Children's learning in family travel

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's learning increasingly extends into everyday informal settings, but what counts as learning in these contexts remains insufficiently understood. Focusing on family travel as a mobile and socioculturally situated informal learning context, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective and uses liquid learning as a sensitising concept ...
Zhuxian (Zoey) Li, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Truc H. Le, Charles Arcodia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micro‐ and nanoplastics in gastrointestinal disorders: Mapping the translational gap between exposure, biomonitoring, and pathogenic mechanisms

BMEMat, EarlyView.
This review highlights critical “translational gaps” in understanding micro‐ and nanoplastics impacts on gastrointestinal diseases, bridging exposure, detecting, and mechanistic toxicology. Abstract Micro‐ and nanoplastics (MNPs) have become pervasive environmental contaminants with increasing evidence linking them to adverse health outcomes.
Zhenli Diao, Yujie Luo, Chuanda Zhu, Yanwei Hu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cluster Analysis of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis Practices and Their Impact on Sustainability Performance in the Plastics Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how plastics manufacturing firms can be classified according to their level of implementation of circular economy (CE) and industrial symbiosis (IS) practices and how such adoption influences sustainability performance. Using data from plastics manufacturing firms, we integrate cluster analysis with partial least squares ...
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez, Rafael Mora‐Contreras, Carmen Jaca, Marta Ormazabal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential applications for composite utilization of rubber and plastic in asphalt pavements: A critical review

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online)
Waste plastics and rubber have always posed a threat to the environment and a great challenge for disposal. The use of these two waste materials as modifiers for road asphalt provides new road asphalt binders and at the same time provides a new way for ...
Haibin Li, Lichang Zhou, Yuhang Cai, Yongfei Zhang, Bature Auwal Ibrahim, Zixuan Feng, Liyun Tang, Zhigang Li, Fayong Yang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez, Wim Van Opstal, Christina Bidmon, Saskia Manshoven, Julian Kirchherr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miscibility, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Recycled Waste Tire Rubber-Modified Polystyrene Sustainable Composites

BioResources
Waste tires represent an important source of polymer waste. The ground tire rubber derived from waste tires is a recycled product that can be combined with polystyrene (PS) to produce high-performance PS and waste rubber composites.
Aoxue Tian, Jinlong Zhang, Yong Wang
doaj  

Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos, Ilse Maria Beuren, Adrian Odelli, Rodrigo Rengel, Daniele Cristina Bernd   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Strategic Pathways to Sustainability and Net Zero in Manufacturing Supply Chains

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reaching global net‐zero targets has become an urgent priority as businesses and nations face increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving carbon neutrality in manufacturing supply chains requires comprehensive systemic changes across business processes.
Vimal K. E. K., Sivakumar K., Jayakrishna Kandasamy, Umesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ashutosh Samadhiya   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Load Absorption Characteristics of Tyre Production Waste Rubber for Playground Floor Systems

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2014
The floor surfaces where slides and swings are placed in parks and playrooms should be soft and thick to ensure that whenever a child falls, the surface can withstand the impact and minimize injuries to the child. Shredded tyres from waste tyres or waste
Abdul Ghani A.N., Abd Rased A.N.W
doaj   +1 more source