Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input-output tables: Methods, software and case study

Donati, Franco; Aguilar-Hernandez, Glenn A.; Sigüenza-Sanchez, Carlos Pablo; Koning, Arjan de; Rodrigues, João F.D.; Tukker, Arnold

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104508

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“…Therefore, we employed EXIOBASE monetary IO tables which have been modified with the method presented by Donati et al. (2020) in Supporting Information S1. This method modifies the structure of the SUTs in a way that upon transformation to IO tables, SM (i.e., output from end‐of‐life recycling) become available.…”

Section: Data Methods and User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Comparability of the current economic status to possible scenarios, as the CE is composed of multiple strategies and interventions (Donati et al., 2020).…”

Section: Requirements Review Of Existing Software and Design Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Last, in order to allow for the assessment of CE interventions, a dedicated feature for the modification of the underlying data should be present. The EIO‐LCA tool (GDI, 2008) and Pycirk (Donati et al., 2020) are good examples of implementation of this feature.…”

Section: Requirements Review Of Existing Software and Design Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Environmental, economic, and social global implications of a transition to a circular economy (CE) remain to this day difficult to assess. Although scientists and practitioners have studied the benefits and drawbacks of scenarios of changes implementing CE strategies, results give conflicting information (McCarthy, Dellink, & Bibas, 2018 and the references therein; Donati et al., 2020 and the references therein). More research is needed to support decision‐makers with robust advice (McCarthy et al., 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input–output: A web application

Donati

Niccolson

Koning

et al. 2020

J of Industrial Ecology

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Global environmental and resource problems ask for new ways of managing the production and consumption of resources. The implementation of new paradigms, such as the circular economy, requires decision‐makers at multiple levels to make complex decisions. For this, clear analyses and modeling of scenarios are of utmost importance. Meanwhile, as the sophistication of databases and models increases so does the need for user‐friendly tools to use them. The RaMa‐Scene web platform reduces these barriers by allowing users to visualize easily diverse impacts of implementing circular‐economy interventions. This online web platform makes use of the multi‐regional environmentally extended input–output database EXIOBASE version 3 in monetary units, which has been modified to show explicit transactions of raw materials from recycling activities.

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Section: Data Methods and User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Comparability of the current economic status to possible scenarios, as the CE is composed of multiple strategies and interventions (Donati et al., 2020).…”

Section: Requirements Review Of Existing Software and Design Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Requirements Review Of Existing Software and Design Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input–output: A web application

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Koning

et al. 2020

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…Thus, CE scenarios need to be modeled exogenously before being imposed on the EEIO model. To solve the issue of quickly building and analyzing complex CE strategy scenarios, Donati et al (2020) proposed an EEIOA-based tool capable of modeling two CE strategies: product lifetime extension and resource efficiency. The authors applied their tool to study the application of the CE strategies in the EU construction, transportation, and household goods sectors and found that those strategies could reduce climate change impact by 10%.…”

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Do We Need a New Sustainability Assessment Method for the Circular Economy? A Critical Literature Review

Walzberg¹,

Lonca²,

Hanes³

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain.

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The goal of the circular economy (CE) is to transition from today's take-make-waste linear pattern of production and consumption to a circular system in which the societal value of products, materials, and resources is maximized over time. Yet circularity in and of itself does not ensure social, economic, and environmental performance (i.e., sustainability). Sustainability of CE strategies needs to be measured against their linear counterparts to identify and avoid strategies that increase circularity yet lead to unintended externalities. The state of the practice in quantitatively comparing sustainability impacts of circular to linear systems is one of experimentation with various extant methods developed in other fields and now applied here. While the proliferation of circularity metrics has received considerable attention, to-date, there is no critical review of the methods and combinations of methods that underlie those metrics and that specifically quantify sustainability impacts of circular strategies. Our critical review herein analyzes identified methods according to six criteria: temporal resolution, scope, data requirements, data granularity, capacity for measuring material efficiency potentials, and sustainability completeness. Results suggest that the industrial ecology and complex systems science fields could prove complementary when assessing the sustainability of the transition to a CE. Both fields include quantitative methods differing primarily with regard to their inclusion of temporal aspects and material efficiency potentials. Moreover, operations research methods such as multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) may alleviate the common contradictions which often exist between circularity metrics. This review concludes by suggesting guidelines for selecting quantitative methods most appropriate to a particular research question and making the argument that while there are a variety of existing methods, additional research is needed to combine existing methods and develop a more holistic approach for assessing sustainability impacts of CE strategies.

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Environmentally Extended Input‐Output (EEIO) Modeling for Industrial Decarbonization Opportunity Assessment

Gause,

Liddell,

Dollinger

et al. 2024

Technology Innovation for the Circular Economy

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Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input-output tables: Methods, software and case study

Cited by 81 publications

References 24 publications

Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input–output: A web application

Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input–output: A web application

Do We Need a New Sustainability Assessment Method for the Circular Economy? A Critical Literature Review

Environmentally Extended Input‐Output (EEIO) Modeling for Industrial Decarbonization Opportunity Assessment

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