Circular Economy and Sustainability

Volume 1: Management and Policy

Alexandros Stefanakis, Ioannis Nikolaou

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780128198179
• eBook ISBN: 9780128203965
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• Index: Biological Sciences

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenges and reach the appropriate solutions. Thus, this book highlights the role of engineering and management in building a sustainable society by developing a circular economy that establishes and protects strong social and cultural structures based on cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills. It includes theoretical justification, research studies, and case studies to provide researchers, practitioners, professionals, and policymakers the appropriate context to work together in promoting sustainability and circular economy thinking. Volume 1, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Management and Policy, discusses the content of circular economy principles and how they can be realized in the fields of economy, management, and policy. It gives an outline of the current status and perception of circular economy at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels to provide a better understanding of its role in achieving sustainability. Volume 2, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Environmental Engineering, presents various technological and developmental tools that emphasize the implementation of these principles in practice (micro-level). It demonstrates the necessity to establish a fundamental connection between sustainable engineering and circular economy. - Presents a novel approach, linking circular economy concepts to environmental engineering and management to promote sustainability goals in modern societies - Approaches the topic on production and consumption at both the micro and macro levels, integrating principles with practice - Offers a range of theoretical and foundational knowledge in addition to case studies that demonstrate the potential impact of circular economy principles on both economic and societal progress

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : A review of circular economy literature through a threefold level framework and engineering-management approach
• Chapter 2 : Steering the circular economy: A new role for Adam Smith's invisible hand
• Chapter 3 : A systems thinking perspective for the circular economy
• Chapter 4 : Conceptualizing the circular bioeconomy
• Chapter 5 : Circular economy and financial performances of European SMEs
• Chapter 6 : History and evolution of the circular economy and circular economy business models
• Chapter 7 : A triple-level framework to evaluate the level of involvement of firms in the circular economy (CE)
• Chapter 8 : Exploring resource-service systems—Beyond product-service systems and toward configurations of circular strategies, business models, and actors
• Chapter 9 : Complementing circular economy with life cycle assessment: Deeper understanding of economic, social, and environmental sustainability
• Chapter 10 : Life cycle costing as a way to include economic sustainability in the circular economy. New perspectives from resource-intensive industries
• Chapter 11 : Circular economy during project life cycle
• Chapter 12 : The role of ecodesign in the circular economy
• Chapter 13 : Sustainable finance and circular economy
• Chapter 14 : How to advance sustainable and circular economy-oriented public procurement—A review of the operational environment and a case study from the Kymenlaakso region in Finland
• Chapter 15 : A framework to integrate circular economy principles into public procurement
• Chapter 16 : The role of public policy in the promotion of sustainability by means of corporate social responsibility: The case of the chemicals sector worldwide
• Chapter 17 : Awareness-led social lab on circular economy in Switzerland: Exploring serendipity
• Chapter 18 : How circular design at signify brings economic, environmental, and social value
• Chapter 19 : Circular economy and urbanism: A sustainable approach to the growth of cities
• Chapter 20 : Overview: The smart sustainable city initiatives and the circular economy
• Chapter 21 : Transitioning into circular food consumption practices: An analytical framework
• Chapter 22 : From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastes
• Chapter 23 : “Closing two loops”—The importance of energy recovery in the “closing the loop” approach
• Chapter 24 : Investigation of the sustainable waste transportation in urban and rural municipalities—Key environmental parameters of the collection vehicles use
• Chapter 25 : New age zero waste sustainable apparel industry: Design practices, innovative approaches, and technological intervention
• Chapter 26 : A conceptual and empirical study into the process and emerging patterns enabling the transition to a circular economy: Evidence from the Dutch dairy sector
• Chapter 27 : The contemporary research on circular economy in industry
• Chapter 28 : The role of collaborative leadership in the circular economy
• Chapter 29 : Issues, interventions, and innovations in the cement industry: A comparative trajectory analysis of eco-cement transitions in the Netherlands, China, and Japan
• Chapter 30 : The potential for a circular economy in the nonroad mobile machinery industry—The case of Linde Material Handling GmbH
• Chapter 31 : VALUABLE—Transition of automotive supply chain to the circular economy
• Chapter 32 : Circular economy in the cosmetics industry: An assessment of sustainability reporting
• Chapter 33 : Company perspectives on sustainable circular economy development in the South Karelia and Kymenlaakso regions and in the publishing sector in Finland
• Chapter 34 : Approaches to the circular economy in Armenia and Portugal: An overview
• Index
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