Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition

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doi:10.1596/38380

2022

DOI: 10.1596/38380

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Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition

Abstract: SQUARING THE CIRCLE Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition iv SQUARING THE CIRCLE Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition v 3.11 Main recipients of EU exports of waste 57 3.12 EU imports of plastic 59 3.13 CGE estimates of reconversion potential in LMICs 59 3.14 LMIC exports of environmental goods 61 4.1 CBMs across the product life cycle 68 4.2 Economic impact of CE sectors and their growth rate 69 4.3 CE VA versus drivers of production 70 4.4 KPIs for CE potential in Romania 72 4.5 KPI… Show more

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Transforming consumption: The role of values, beliefs, and norms in promoting four types of sustainable behavior

Onel

2023

J of Consumer Behaviour

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This study examines the value based predicting factors of sustainable consumption (SC) behaviors of individuals by examining four types of environmentally significant consumer behavior, that is, purchase, household energy and water usage, mobility, and recycling. A structured questionnaire‐based survey was used to collect data and verify the research framework guiding the hypotheses for all four types of consumer behavior. Four separate Structural Equation Models (SEM) were utilized to test the formulated hypotheses and model using the data from 1025 respondents (281 for purchase, 265 for household energy and water use, 273 for mobility, and 206 for recycling) ages 18–74. The results indicate that the extended version of value‐belief‐norm (VBN) theory could provide a good explanation of the sustainable purchase behaviors of consumers, compared to household energy and water usage, mobility, and recycling. The results of the study suggest that having high levels of biospheric values, ecological worldview, personal norms, behavioral intention, awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibility, and low egoistic values have influence on consumers when they make eco‐friendly product purchases. Although similar results are found for other examined behaviors, the model fits are not as strong and explanatory powers are lower. This research reveals that marketing managers need to adopt differential marketing strategies to influence consumer sustainable decision‐making in the four environmentally significant behaviors of purchase, energy and water usage, mobility, and recycling. This paper concludes with policy implications of the findings for marketers and policymakers, as well as potential directions for further research.

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Transforming consumption: The role of values, beliefs, and norms in promoting four types of sustainable behavior

Onel

2023

J of Consumer Behaviour

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Materials come around and go around: Adapting to nature’s circularity

Schüpfer,

Wagner-Wenz,

Hendrich

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MRS Bulletin

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The present multiple crises, such as climate change, war, and the recent pandemic, highlight the need for a stable and secure resource supply chain to overcome resource scarcity and shortages in manufacturing as well as in goods for everyday needs. Today’s linear production chains and waste management systems contribute to disruptions in resource availability as well as to greenhouse gas emissions. The concept of a holistic circular economy, inspired by natural processes, could help to mitigate these challenges. With a primary goal of maintaining resources, as much as possible, in “closed loops,” the following three challenges should be addressed: (1) Dissipation of resources, (2) Irreversibility of some processes, and (3) Logistical, technological, and information. These challenges can be addressed, in part, by implementing computational technology and cascading mechanical and chemical recycling processes in waste and resource management. This article emphasizes the interconnection between resource scarcity and pollution and climate change, and proposes a holistic circular economy as an important contribution to addressing this challenge. This holistic circular economy can be inspired, in part, by nature’s self-healing, self-transformation, and self-disintegration capabilities. Another crucial part is a comprehensive understanding of the limited resources of the planet and the impact on the planet of using up these resources and, thereby, leading to a shift toward sustainable material use and waste management. The transition to a circular economy requires changes at many levels, encompassing materials research, technical engineering, industrial implementation, and societal adaptation. In both product and process development, regardless of the technological readiness level, life-cycle analyses must be performed that consider the impact on the planet. With the help of a “product passport,” a suitable legal framework can be created and implemented. Radical changes in the way we carry out research into technologically relevant materials can pave the way to a holistic circular economy.

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Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe's Circular Economy Transition

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Transforming consumption: The role of values, beliefs, and norms in promoting four types of sustainable behavior

Transforming consumption: The role of values, beliefs, and norms in promoting four types of sustainable behavior

Materials come around and go around: Adapting to nature’s circularity

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