Circular economy in Latin America: A systematic literature review

Morales, Claudia Marcela Betancourt; Sossa, Jhon Wilder Zartha

doi:10.1002/bse.2515

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“…CE also contributes to social value by preventing unhealthy working conditions (van Buren et al, 2016). CE further helps in decreasing pollution, increasing the efficiency of resources, minimizing energy usage, reducing waste (Ghisellini, Cialani, & Ulgiati, 2016; Gupta, Chen, Hazen, Kaur, & Santibañez Gonzalez, 2019; Li, Zhu, Jiang, & Li, 2016), protecting climate change (Stewart & Niero, 2018), having responsible production in the supply chain (Jabbour et al, 2020; Li & Ma, 2015), creating eco‐design by repairing, reusing/refurbishing, recycling, and remanufacturing (Geissdoerfer, Savaget, Bocken, & Hultink, 2017), optimizing production of renewable energy, and decomposing waste in reusable resources (van Buren et al, 2016) for higher value (Lehmann, de Leeuw, Fehr, & Wong, 2014) and a significant tool for sustainable development (Betancourt Morales & Zartha Sossa, 2020).…”

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“…Circular business models consist of a series of strategic decisions for products and services to create economic and economic value (Centobelli, Cerchione, Chiaroni, Del Vecchio, & Urbinati, 2020; Werning & Spinler, 2020). In this context, CE has started to be integrated into corporate sustainability reports, business models, and operations (Betancourt Morales & Zartha Sossa, 2020; Stewart & Niero, 2018).…”

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Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

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The transition to the circular economy (CE) creates value through the closed‐loop systems, reverse logistics, product life cycle management, and clean production in terms of corporate environmental management. During this transition process, the organization faces many barriers such as financial, organizational, technology‐based, social, policy‐related, market‐based, and logistics‐based barriers. The objectives of this study are to propose a framework highlighting policy‐related barriers for a supply chain in the transition to CE and finally discuss potential implications on enhancing corporate environmental performance of a business. Further, this study evaluates the causal relationships between the policy‐related barriers using fuzzy Decision‐Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The application was conducted in an apparel firm in Turkey. From findings, lack of legislation for efficient CE (C4), lack of mandatory requirements and responsibilities for manufacturers/suppliers for the CE (C17), and lack of government support for environmentally friendly policies (C2) are revealed as the most important barriers, respectively. It is found that lack of attitude and awareness about CE in government institutions (C19) is the most influencing factor, whereas lack of effective recycling policies to achieve quality in waste management (C8) is the most influenced factor. The recommendations were developed for enhancing the corporate environmental performance of businesses through incentives and unique rewards, improving communication among stakeholders, the government's perception of CE and current linear economy, cooperation with nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and civil actions, the vision of government towards circular principles, the circular public procurement, the local governments in circular policymaking, and awareness of bureaucracy and government officials.

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“…Figure 1 summarizes the followed methodology. The SLR approach originally emerged from the concept of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the early 1960s, with the aim of improving the decision-making process by reducing the variability of practice or experience [38,39]. The protocol was used to collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize all the available evidence regarding a phenomenon of interest within a defined period of time [35,38].…”

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Open Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector: Perspectives from a Systematic Literature Review and a Structured Survey in MSMEs

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2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Open innovation, understood as a strategy for business competitiveness, has experienced growing relevance, even in traditional economic sectors, such as agri-food. This article focuses on the trends and challenges of open innovation applied to the agri-food field, based on two approaches, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and a structured survey, answered mainly by micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). For the SLR, the Scopus bibliographic database was chosen. Documents were filtered by type, novelty, and impact factor of the journal (based on the Scimago Rank). The final selection included 50 articles that were deeply analyzed. In addition, the survey was applied to 57 agri-food companies from the department of Nariño (Colombia), establishing a diagnosis of the extent of openness of their collaborative barriers and innovation capacities. The review’s results revealed a marked European dominance in this research field. Product co-creation, eco-innovation, and bioeconomy are main fields of interest and application of open innovation. The challenges identified are related to intellectual property rights and effective communication between stakeholders. The survey was successful in establishing a statistically significant correlation between innovation performance and collaboration with external partners. As a conclusion, an open innovation approach can provide dynamism and cohesion in agri-food systems.

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“…In South America, environmental concerns have been mostly associated with waste management and waste disposal (economic value) instead of focusing on legislation to prevent waste generation [28]. Waste management considers collection, transportation, sorting, treatment, final disposal of waste, and monitoring [29].…”

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Waste Management. The Disconnection between Normative and SMEs Reality

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Waste generation is a critical factor in global environmental degradation, where SMEs have been historically relevant yet underestimated. This study covers the issue of the disconnection between the normative and SMEs reality. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the relationship between waste management norms and their application in Chilean SMEs. For context, Chile is the nation that generates the most amount of waste per capita in the region. Nevertheless, the country also has one of the most rigorous waste frameworks in the region, by means of the Extended Responsibility Producer (ERP) law, which has been gradually implemented since 2016. Data for the study were collected through in-depth interviews with 25 SMEs. The results show the practical limitations of SMEs in complying with the waste law, the lack of traceability in the waste management system, and the need for economic support and technical assistance to improve the use and management of sustainable raw materials. Therefore, this study contributes to the limited knowledge of how SMEs implement waste management norms and their importance in diminishing waste generation and promoting waste hierarchy.

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Circular economy in Latin America: A systematic literature review

Cited by 80 publications

References 68 publications

Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

Open Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector: Perspectives from a Systematic Literature Review and a Structured Survey in MSMEs

Waste Management. The Disconnection between Normative and SMEs Reality

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