Practical guidelines for designing recycling, collaborative, and scalable business models: A case study of reusing textile fibers into biocomposite products

Martina, Richard; Oskam, Inge

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128542

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“…SBM canvases lack consensus on definitions, principles, criteria, components and nomenclature (Breuer et al , 2018), and their disparate and patchy nature is a recurrent concern (Bocken et al , 2014; Lüdeke-Freund and Dembek, 2017). These canvases have been criticized for failing to incorporate all dimensions of sustainability (Biloslavo et al , 2018; Stubbs, 2019), for lacking theoretical foundations (Breuer et al , 2018; Rauter et al , 2017; Upward and Jones, 2016) or, conversely, for being overly theoretical and thus too difficult to use (Martina and Oskam, 2021; Morioka et al , 2018). Moreover, the positive impacts of SBMs have often been taken for granted, as they are often presented without empirical evidence, such as ex post evaluation (Alonso-Martinez et al , 2021; Evans et al , 2017), to support them (Dentchev et al , 2018; Stubbs, 2019).…”

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The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs

Pepin,

Tremblay,

Audebrand

et al. 2023

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Purpose Business model (BM) canvases have been used in educational institutions and business incubators for over a decade to assist students and start-up entrepreneurs in developing their business projects. Given the urgency of tackling sustainability challenges, several tools have emerged to stimulate sustainable business modeling (SBM). However, these tools are often too complex for nonexperts in business modeling or sustainability, and thus insufficiently user-friendly for educational contexts. This study aims to address this pedagogical gap by describing the design process of the responsible business model canvas (RBMC). Design/methodology/approach The authors relied on a design science research methodology involving the active participation of end users, entrepreneurship educators, business coaches and external partners. The authors proposed four criteria and ten subcriteria to analyze existing SBM canvases based on their user-friendliness and to design the initial prototype of the RBMC. The RBMC was subsequently tested in various settings, including classroom assignments and business incubation programs, with over 1,000 university students. The tool was refined and assessed throughout the development process, incorporating feedback from focus groups with start-up entrepreneurs. Findings Through the development process, the authors created a user-friendly tool to help novice student and start-up entrepreneurs integrate sustainability into their BMs: the RBMC. The canvas consists of 14 building blocks grouped into four areas: consistency (mission, vision, values), desirability (value propositions, customer segments, users and beneficiaries, customer relationships and channels), feasibility (key activities, key resources, key partners and stakeholders and governance) and viability (cost structure, revenues streams, negative impacts and positive impacts). Research limitations/implications The research methods and user-friendliness criteria in this study can be applied in other contexts to design tools to support sustainable entrepreneurship education. While the RBMC is currently being used in several educational institutions throughout the world, its impacts in different pedagogical and cultural settings require further validation. Practical implications The RBMC is a user-friendly tool to introduce students and start-up entrepreneurs to SBM. It helps raise users’ awareness about sustainability concerns, challenging them to consider issues they might have otherwise overlooked. Some participants even shifted their outlook and were motivated to develop a long-term vision integrating compensatory, mitigative or corrective actions into their BMs. Originality/value The RBMC is the outcome of a balanced approach that combines both pragmatic (i.e. user-friendliness) and normative (i.e. sustainability) perspectives. It provides users with a systematic approach for integrating and applying sustainability issues in their business projects.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs

Pepin,

Tremblay,

Audebrand

et al. 2023

IJSHE

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“…Furthermore, approach RMBs are becoming more practicable. Collaboration between various stakeholders and across a variety of industry sectors is needed [51]. In addition, the participation of waste companies and educational institutions in investigating several options for closing material loops and identifying waste streams is a crucial change agent to facilitating the textile CE transformation [52].…”

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Possibility Routes for Textile Recycling Technology

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The fashion industry contributes to a significant environmental issue due to the increasing production and needs of the industry. The proactive efforts toward developing a more sustainable process via textile recycling has become the preferable solution. This urgent and important need to develop cheap and efficient recycling methods for textile waste has led to the research community’s development of various recycling methods. The textile waste recycling process can be categorized into chemical and mechanical recycling methods. This paper provides an overview of the state of the art regarding different types of textile recycling technologies along with their current challenges and limitations. The critical parameters determining recycling performance are summarized and discussed and focus on the current challenges in mechanical and chemical recycling (pyrolysis, enzymatic hydrolysis, hydrothermal, ammonolysis, and glycolysis). Textile waste has been demonstrated to be re-spun into yarn (re-woven or knitted) by spinning carded yarn and mixed shoddy through mechanical recycling. On the other hand, it is difficult to recycle some textiles by means of enzymatic hydrolysis; high product yield has been shown under mild temperatures. Furthermore, the emergence of existing technology such as the internet of things (IoT) being implemented to enable efficient textile waste sorting and identification is also discussed. Moreover, we provide an outlook as to upcoming technological developments that will contribute to facilitating the circular economy, allowing for a more sustainable textile recycling process.

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“…CE is beneficial to the environment, economy, and society when used in FRC manufacturing. Given the numerous sustainability challenges confronting our societies, transitioning to a circular economy and closing resource loops through recycling is a viable solution [203]. Figure 7 proposes a CE concept based on natural fibers that is more considered than a linear economy concept for future resource conservation and environmental balance.…”

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“…Building an ecosystem of sustainable industry, particularly for consumer behavior, is to use more sustainable packaging or bio-packaging that can be created from natural fiber. As it is known that the production of food packaging made from plastic as well as styrofoam is about 14.000 tons per year, it has affected the use of plastic packaging for food [203]. However, this material is not environmentally friendly and could cause a significant impact both on the user and the environment after its usage, with a long-term impact on climate change.…”

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A Comprehensive Review on Natural Fibers: Technological and Socio-Economical Aspects

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Asian countries have abundant resources of natural fibers, but unfortunately, they have not been optimally utilized. The facts showed that from 2014 to 2020, there was a shortfall in meeting national demand of over USD 2.75 million per year. Therefore, in order to develop the utilization and improve the economic potential as well as the sustainability of natural fibers, a comprehensive review is required. The study aimed to demonstrate the availability, technological processing, and socio-economical aspects of natural fibers. Although many studies have been conducted on this material, it is necessary to revisit their potential from those perspectives to maximize their use. The renewability and biodegradability of natural fiber are part of the fascinating properties that lead to their prospective use in automotive, aerospace industries, structural and building constructions, bio packaging, textiles, biomedical applications, and military vehicles. To increase the range of applications, relevant technologies in conjunction with social approaches are very important. Hence, in the future, the utilization can be expanded in many fields by considering the basic characteristics and appropriate technologies of the natural fibers. Selecting the most prospective natural fiber for creating national products can be assisted by providing an integrated management system from a digitalized information on potential and related technological approaches. To make it happens, collaborations between stakeholders from the national R&D agency, the government as policy maker, and academic institutions to develop national bioproducts based on domestic innovation in order to move the circular economy forward are essential.

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Practical guidelines for designing recycling, collaborative, and scalable business models: A case study of reusing textile fibers into biocomposite products

Cited by 14 publications

References 70 publications

The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs

The responsible business model canvas: designing and assessing a sustainable business modeling tool for students and start-up entrepreneurs

Possibility Routes for Textile Recycling Technology

A Comprehensive Review on Natural Fibers: Technological and Socio-Economical Aspects

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