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ClearDesign of strategies for an efficient and applicative transition from the linear economy to the circular economy, colombia case
This paper analyzed circular economy transition strategies from other countries and evaluated which could be applied in Colombia to reduce linear waste generation. Key strategies included extended producer responsibility and industrial symbiosis. Adopting these models could help Colombia reduce plastic and other waste while creating economic opportunities.
Regenerative businesses' role in industrial symbiosis realisation
A four-year longitudinal study of five 'regenerative businesses' found they play a critical enabling role in industrial symbiosis realization by engaging in pre-realisation development, motivating partners, overcoming barriers, mobilizing public support, and scaling circular solutions.
An Overview of the Transition to a Circular Economy in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy Considering Technological, Legal–Regulatory and Financial Points of View: A Case Study
This study analyses the transition to a circular economy in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, which enacted the country's first regional circular economy law and launched multiple pioneering projects, providing a model for evidence-based regional policy innovation.
Towards a Circular Logistics Partnership: Regional Trade, Waste, and Inter-Sectoral Cooperation
Researchers examined circular logistics partnerships in Pacific Island Countries and Territories, proposing a system to load empty return shipping containers with recyclable refuse and developing a framework for managing end-of-life vehicles and batteries through extended producer responsibility schemes.
On the Definition, Assessment, and Enhancement of Circular Economy across Various Industrial Sectors: A Literature Review and Recent Findings
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.
Reconciling Waste Management and Ecological Economics
Researchers examined how the concept of the "circular economy" — designing products and systems to minimize waste — fits within ecological economics, which emphasizes physical limits like energy and material flows. The chapter argues that effective waste management policies, such as landfill taxes, extended producer responsibility, and deposit-refund schemes, must align environmental costs with economic incentives to achieve meaningful sustainability gains.
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.
A Circular Economy: Where Will It Take Us?
This review critically examines the circular economy — a model that aims to eliminate waste by keeping materials in use — questioning whether it reliably delivers environmental and social benefits. The author argues that while circular economy approaches can be good for business, definitive evidence that they reduce resource extraction and improve social equity is still lacking.
A systems thinking approach to understanding the challenges of achieving the circular economy
This paper used a systems thinking approach to identify the challenges blocking implementation of circular economy principles, going beyond the commonly discussed benefits to analyze the structural and societal barriers. It found that complex interdependencies between economic actors, infrastructure, regulation, and consumer behavior collectively obstruct circular economy transitions.
Transdisciplinary research in industrial ecology a practice with recycling cooperatives of Belo Horizonte for the development of household solid waste management in Latin America countries
This transdisciplinary study engaged recycling cooperatives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to develop better household solid waste management approaches for Latin American cities. It addresses plastic waste as part of broader solid waste management challenges in the Global South.
Circular economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This paper examines the concept and implementation of the circular economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an alternative to the linear economic model, analyzing how efficient resource use, recycling, and reuse can reduce environmental impacts and create competitive advantage for the country.
From Waste Pickers to Producers: An Inclusive Circular Economy Solution through Development of Cooperatives in Waste Management
This paper presented an inclusive circular economy framework centered on waste picker cooperatives in developing countries, arguing that integrating informal sector workers into formal plastic recycling systems improves both waste management outcomes and social equity, with case studies from Latin America and Africa illustrating successful models.
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.
Condition of Circular Economy in Poland
This article examines the state of circular economy implementation in Poland, reviewing policies, practices, and gaps in transitioning from a linear to a circular model for resource use and waste management. It is a policy and sustainability science study.
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.
Circular Product Practices for a Post-Plastic Transition
This study examines how designers can support a post-plastic transition by identifying circular product practices, combining design theory with practical action frameworks to define the competencies and strategies needed for responsible polymeric material use within circular economy models.
Sustainability and the Concept of Shared Value and the 4th Industrial Revolution: a Bibliometric Analysis of Two Scientific Networks
This paper examines how Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and the concept of "shared value" can contribute to sustainability. Technological innovation in manufacturing and waste management is essential for reducing the plastic production and disposal practices that generate microplastic pollution.
On the Definition, Assessment and Enhancement of Circular Economy across Various Industrial Sectors: A Literature Review
This review defined and assessed circular economy principles across aerospace, wind energy, transportation, automotive, and sports goods sectors, drawing on literature and the EU-funded RECREATE project to identify sector-specific circularity metrics and improvement strategies.
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.
A critical review on sustainable hazardous waste management strategies: a step towards a circular economy
Researchers review global strategies for managing hazardous industrial and household waste — including chemicals, heavy metals, and electronic waste — with a focus on aligning disposal practices with circular economy principles that minimize environmental and health harm. The review finds that prevention, recycling, and advanced treatment technologies must work together, guided by stronger international policy frameworks.
A review of nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities
This review examines nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities, focusing on technologies that use microorganisms and ecological processes to shift urban systems from linear resource sinks toward more circular and sustainable models.
Towards sustainability through the circular economy of plastic packaging waste management in Rayong Province, Thailand
Researchers analyzed plastic packaging waste recycling in Rayong Province, Thailand using actor-network theory, finding that informal collectors contribute 11.3–64.1% of recycled material and that the circular economy depends critically on their economic viability alongside household-level sorting capacity and effective policy enforcement.
Circular Economy and Sustainable Rural Development
This review examines waste management challenges in rural communities worldwide and the application of circular economy principles to rural contexts, identifying barriers to sustainable resource use and recommending policy and community-level interventions to reduce rural waste generation and improve material recovery.
Urban waste flows and their potential for a circular economy model at city-region level
Researchers developed a detailed waste input-output accounting framework for the Brussels city-region and found that while 1.5 million tons of waste are collected annually, less than 1% is valorized within city limits, identifying the construction sector as the highest waste producer and food waste as one of the most promising targets for circular economy intervention.