Improving the carbon footprint of food and packaging waste management in a supermarket of the Italian retail sector

Marrucci, Luca; Marchi, Michela; Daddi, Tiberio

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.03.002

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“…Second, they would be able to quantify the environmental savings obtained by the adoption of the green practices using a different unit of measures such as tons of CO2, etc. SMEs from different sectors have already started this path and thus obtaining successes both in terms of both economic savings and environmental performance (Daddi, Nucci, & Iraldo, 2017;Marrucci, Marchi, & Daddi, 2020).…”

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Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

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Marrucci²,

Daddi³

et al. 2021

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Tourism is one of the most important industries in the world. On the one hand, tourism activities provide a significant boost to many national economies but on the other hand, they severely impact the environment. Tourism SMEs are therefore needed to transform their activities from a linear economy to a circular economy (CE). However, the tourism industry has not yet shown a clear and decisive transition towards CE. There is no or very little academic discussion on why the tourism industry has not yet adopted CE and how tourism SMEs can adopt CE. In this context, we analyzed a sample of 256 tourism SMEs (hotels and accommodations, travel agencies, tour operators, and reservation service activities) based in Cyprus, France, Italy, and Spain. Our survey reveals a ruthless situation regarding the adoption of environmental certifications. There is a very low demand to adopt an environmental certification in the tourism industry. Moreover, the adoption of CE among tourism SMEs is not so high. The main factors that hinder the adoption of green or CE practices are lack of funds, lack of information about potential partners, and lack of skilled personnel. Nonetheless, many tourism SMEs perceive that CE adoption leads to various positive outcomes. Our study provides some suggestions to facilitate the transition towards CE in the tourism industry.

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Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

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“…Findings have revealed that a combination of green, lean, and six sigma tools would bring more benefits as compared to tools from an individual approach, however, very few articles have integrated these tools for a combined effect [11,45,[87][88][89].…”

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“…Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical Belamkar [103] Incineration Marrucci et al [89] Reduction in water consumption Sagnak and Kazancoglu [43], Cherrafi et al [21] Additional income from recycling Chaplin and Rourke [83] Water eutrophication Mishra et al [97] Environmental risk assessment Cherrafi et al [21] Water footprint Tasdemir and Gazo [88] Reducing airborne particulates Chaplin and Rourke [83] Wastewater reduction Powell et al [44] Environmental cost reduction Sony and Naik [14] Waste disposal Furukawa et al [87] Increase environmental revenues Sony and Naik [14] Defect reduction Powell et al [44] Environmental compliance Tasdemir and Gazo [88] Decrease in transportation Tasdemir and Gazo [88] Company image Garza-Reyes et al [2] Reduction in hazardous waste Portela et al [96] Stakeholder satisfaction Garza-Reyes et al [2] 5.7. An integrated GLSS Framework towards Environmental Sustainability…”

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“…GLSS is not only utilized in the manufacturing, automotive, service, and healthcare sectors but can also achieve environmental benefits in other sectors such as construction [20,24], petroleum [101], food [83], and packaging [89]. Moreover, production operations and other functions such as product development [20] and supply chain management [6] are also realizing environmental outcomes.…”

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“…The environmental objectives achieved by green, lean, and six sigma strategies in the form of minimizing environmental impacts and resource conservation can provide a gateway towards circular economy. However, there is a lack of literature in the role of a holistic GLSS approach in circular economy models [89]. The application of a GLSS strategy to circular economy can result in increased environmental performance along with resource conservation by utilizing reusable and recyclable materials.…”

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Improving the carbon footprint of food and packaging waste management in a supermarket of the Italian retail sector

Cited by 73 publications

References 66 publications

Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

Adoption of Circular Economy and Environmental Certifications: Perceptions of Tourism SMEs

Investigating the Theoretical Constructs of a Green Lean Six Sigma Approach towards Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Directions

Antecedents of absorptive capacity in the development of circular economy business models of small and medium enterprises

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