Combining Organizational Life Cycle Assessment with Company-Level Circularity Indicators: Case Study of a Vegan Zero-Waste Restaurant

Dantas, Thales Eduardo Tavares; Amaral, Luis Fernando Spoladore; Soares, Sebastião Roberto

doi:10.1089/ees.2021.0237

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“…In the restaurant context, ref. [43] tested the implementation of circularity indicators in a zero-waste restaurant to increase understanding of the topic, and [15] mapped the amount of food waste generated in restaurants and identified means to increase its circularity. Consequently, the concept of zero waste is constantly developing as a basis of the circular economy.…”

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Restaurants without Bins: How Does a Circular Restaurant Operate?

Renfors,

Wendt

2024

Sustainability

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The circular economy is seen as a potential solution to tackle the environmental concerns of the restaurant industry, offering a set of practices to support the industry in achieving more efficient use of resources and becoming more sustainable. However, studies that focus on the circular economy as a theoretical framework in the restaurant context are scarce. Thus, this study aims to increase understanding of how a circular restaurant operates in practice and provide insight into the circular transformation of restaurants. This article adopts a qualitative, multiple case study methodology, assessing six pioneer restaurants fully embracing a circular economy. The results show that a circular restaurant can be defined as a restaurant based on a systemic design that eliminates waste and keeps materials in circulation. A circular restaurant redesigns and reverses the supply chain, designs circular menus, is committed to closed-loop cooking, and reprocesses the remaining waste. In addition, a circular restaurant features a circular approach to interior design and embraces its social capital. The article includes various practical implications for chefs who can lead the transition to a more circular food system by adopting relevant practices.

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Restaurants without Bins: How Does a Circular Restaurant Operate?

Renfors,

Wendt

2024

Sustainability

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“…Mura et al ( 2020 ) concluded that WM is necessary to implement circular economy strategies. In this sense, circular economy could be enhanced through reuse and recycling practices (Dantas et al 2022 ).…”

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A systematic and critical review of waste management in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: future directions for theory and practice

Derhab

Elkhwesky

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Waste management (WM) has received increasing attention in recent years in micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). However, a comprehensive understanding of the WM research in MSMEs from different economic sectors is somehow absent in spite of its proliferation. The current review was conducted to indicate types of waste, hazards associated with waste, as well as strategies, antecedents (facilitators and barriers), and outcomes of WM in MSMEs from diverse economic sectors. The search was performed by using the Web of Science (WoS) database, which retrieves 420 articles. After excluding the papers that were not closely related to the topic, 84 articles were retained for an in-depth analysis, spanning a period of five years (from 2018 to June 2022). This review demonstrates that the types of waste generated from MSMEs include metals, plastics, chemicals, papers, wood, fabrics, stones, food, ceramics, glass, candles, and cooking oil, among others. It is also resulted that the hazards associated with waste include environmental pollution, CO 2 emissions, human diseases, health disasters, and marine life destruction. Examples of the WM strategies in MSMEs research are recycling, separating, sorting, reusing, and composting waste. The findings revealed that a lack of financial resources, knowledge, experience, education, and training are some barriers encountered by MSMEs in WM. Enhancing financial performance, economic growth, competitive advantage, and sustainable development are important outcomes of WM in MSMEs. There has been a paucity of research on MSMEs WM, necessitating a thorough investigation of several issues. This research discusses implications and recommendations and presents avenues for future research. The current paper is one of the first studies to conduct a systematic review of WM in MSMEs from different economic sectors.

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