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This literature review examines how circular economy principles are being defined, measured, and implemented across industries including aerospace, wind energy, transportation, automotive, and sports goods. The study suggests that adopting circular economy strategies can help reduce waste and promote sustainability, though standardized assessment methods are still evolving.
The rate of use of the Circular Economy in individual sectors
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper reviews the adoption of circular economy principles across industrial sectors within the European Union policy framework, without specific focus on plastic pollution.
European Circular Economy Policy-Making in Sustainability and Resource Management Development
This study analyzed the development of circular economy policy across EU countries using circularity indicators, finding that high circularity scores do not necessarily correlate with lower environmental impact. The EU as a whole consumes the majority of global materials and generates 43% of emissions, highlighting gaps between circularity metrics and actual sustainability.
Sustainable production of marine equipment in a circular economy: deepening in material and energy flows, best available techniques and toxicological impacts
Researchers examined the environmental impacts of marine leisure equipment production within a circular economy framework, analyzing material and energy flows, best available techniques, and toxicological impacts to identify opportunities for more sustainable manufacturing practices.
Circularity in Practice: Review of Main Current Approaches and Strategic Propositions for an Efficient Circular Economy of Materials
This review proposes a structured framework for classifying circular economy strategies — including reuse, remanufacturing, recycling, and biological cycles — and evaluates their current adoption and barriers to scaling toward genuinely circular material flows.
From Generation to Reuse: A Circular Economy Strategy Applied to Wind Turbine Production
Not relevant to microplastics — this study tests whether waste particles from wind turbine rotor blade manufacturing (glass fibre/epoxy) can be recycled into toe caps for protective footwear, a circular economy materials application with no connection to microplastic pollution.
European environment policy for the circular economy: Implications for business and industry stakeholders
This review evaluates recent European Union circular economy policies and their implications for businesses seeking to reduce environmental impact through sustainable production and supply chain practices. It identifies both opportunities and challenges for companies attempting to implement circular economy principles in compliance with new EU environmental directives.
Monitor circulaire plastics. Methodologie en nulmeting
Researchers developed a methodology and baseline measurement for a circular plastics monitor in the Netherlands, establishing quantitative indicators to track progress toward a circular plastic value chain and enabling repeat measurements over time.
More Than a Numbers Game: Accounting for Circular Economy Performance in Collaborative initiatives in Cities
This PhD thesis examines how circular economy performance is managed and accounted for within cross-sector collaborative initiatives in cities, exploring how diverse stakeholders with conflicting interests navigate shared goals for sustainability and resource decoupling.
Waste Management, Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment
This presentation examines research strategies and analytical approaches for integrating life cycle assessment methodologies with circular economy principles and waste management practices.
Identifying the Drivers of Circular Food Packaging: A Comprehensive Review for the Current State of the Food Supply Chain to Be Sustainable and Circular
This review identified the key drivers of circular food packaging adoption, examining how circular economy principles applied to packaging can address sustainability challenges related to food safety, shelf life, waste reduction, and environmental impact.
Different but the Same? Comparing Drivers and Barriers for Circular Economy Innovation Systems in Wood- and Plastic-Based Industries
Researchers compared the drivers and barriers for circular economy innovation systems in wood-based and plastic-based industries, examining how strategies such as reduce, reuse, and recycle can decouple resource use from economic growth and whether lessons from one sector can transfer to the other.
Polymers in Circular Economy: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability. An overview.
This review examines the role of polymers within the circular economy framework, analyzing strategies for reducing plastic consumption, improving recyclability, and transitioning toward more sustainable production and waste management models. The authors discuss the importance of government regulation and industry standards in driving circular economy adoption, while acknowledging barriers including economic inertia, upfront investment costs, and resistance to systemic change.
Understanding circularity in tourism
This review examines the application of circular economy principles to tourism, finding that the sector's seasonal nature and service-dominant logic create distinct challenges for reducing waste and virgin resource consumption compared to manufacturing-focused circular economy models.
Barriers and Enablers to the Adoption of Circular Economy Concept in the Building Sector: A Systematic Literature Review
This systematic review identified barriers and enablers to adopting circular economy practices in the building sector, analyzing studies from 2008 to 2023. Key barriers include lack of regulations, high upfront costs, and limited stakeholder awareness, while enablers include government incentives, stakeholder collaboration, and technological innovation for material reuse and recycling.
Current Status of Circular Economy Research in Finland
This review surveys the state of circular economy research in Finland, covering academic, policy, and industry perspectives on transitioning away from the linear 'take-make-dispose' model. Circular economy principles are increasingly relevant to addressing plastic waste and microplastic pollution.
Toward the Circular Economy in the Aquaculture Sector: Bibliometric, Network and Content Analyses
This review provides an overview of circular economy strategies applied to the aquaculture sector through bibliometric, network, and content analyses. Researchers found that the field is relatively new but expanding rapidly, with key research gaps in regulatory frameworks and standardized impact assessment methods. The study highlights that transitioning aquaculture toward circular economy practices could help reduce plastic waste and other environmental impacts from the industry.
Modelo circular para el desarrollo sostenible en PYMES recicladoras de plásticos: una revisión sistemática
This review synthesizes 23 studies on circular economy models for sustainable development in plastic-recycling SMEs, identifying four key categories of challenges, responsibilities, strategies, and innovation opportunities through a systematic PRISMA-guided bibliometric analysis of literature from 2017 to 2024.
Fundamental Challenges and Opportunities for Textile Circularity
Researchers conducted qualitative research with textile industry stakeholders to identify fundamental challenges in transitioning to a circular economy. The study highlights urgent needs including standardized definitions to prevent greenwashing, improved sorting and recycling systems for post-consumer textiles, and innovations in mechanical recycling to maintain material value and reduce environmental pollution from textile waste.
Life cycle assessment and circular economy in conjunction with treatment methodologies: Presentation and critical comparison between different food industry waste
This review applies life cycle assessment and circular economy principles to multiple food industry sectors to evaluate environmental trade-offs in processing and packaging. While not focused on microplastics specifically, it provides analytical tools applicable to assessing plastic packaging impacts across food supply chains.
Circular Economy and Waste in the Fashion Industry
This review analyses existing EU legislative measures relevant to sustainability and circular economy transitions in the fashion industry, a sector associated with high water and energy consumption, chemical pollution, and microplastic generation from textiles. The authors evaluate the EU Circular Economy Action Plan of 2015 and its revised waste framework as tools for driving systemic change in fashion industry practices.
An Innovative Visualization Tool to Boost and Monitor Circular Economy: An Overview of Its Applications at Different Industrial Sectors
This paper presents a visualization tool for tracking and monitoring circular economy progress at the company, regional, and policy levels. Circular economy strategies — including redesigning plastic products for reuse and recyclability — are central to reducing the plastic waste that eventually becomes microplastics.
An Integrated Analysis of Plastic Packaging Value Chain: Identifying Barriers and Enablers for a Circular Economy
Researchers analyzed the full plastic packaging value chain to identify barriers and enablers for transitioning to a circular economy, tracing the evolution of circular economy concepts and quantifying the environmental impacts associated with exponential plastic waste growth. The study provides an integrated framework mapping opportunities for intervention across production, use, collection, and recycling stages.
Valuing Modern Technologies to Boost the Circular Economy in the Fashion Industry
This study examines how modern technologies can support circular economy principles in the fashion industry, focusing on reuse, repair, reconditioning, and recycling strategies to reduce plastic and textile pollution.