2021
DOI: 10.1007/s43615-021-00008-1
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Sustainability Narratives as Transformative Solution Pathways: Zooming in on the Circular Economy

Abstract: The circular economy can be understood as one of the sustainability narratives (along with, e.g., the bioeconomy, the green economy and the sharing economy), currently relevant in academia, business and policymaking. Sustainability narratives are characterized by a distinctive set of transferable and scalable solutions, addressing resource/services use and distribution in social-ecological-technical systems. Core solutions in the circular economy are technologically-driven improvements towards reductions of in… Show more

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“…Several of these technologies have been identified as related to the CE [49], and sometimes adopting CE implies using disruptive technologies [7]. The main solutions in the CE field are technologically driven [39]. These technologies are used for different purposes like tracking materials in reverse logistics processes, and planning machine loadings, controlling production flows, and vehicle routing, scheduling deliveries, and monitoring vehicle movements [86].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Several of these technologies have been identified as related to the CE [49], and sometimes adopting CE implies using disruptive technologies [7]. The main solutions in the CE field are technologically driven [39]. These technologies are used for different purposes like tracking materials in reverse logistics processes, and planning machine loadings, controlling production flows, and vehicle routing, scheduling deliveries, and monitoring vehicle movements [86].…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are models that define from 7Rs to 10Rs principles, but they are less used [38]. The 10Rs model includes refuse, reduce, resell/reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture, repurpose, recycle, recover, and remine [39]. The reduction principle aims to minimize the input of primary energy, raw materials, and waste, by increasing the efficiency in production and consumption, which can be achieved by introducing better technologies.…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent days, global media have broadcast images of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from several states traveling miles and miles on highways; some have traveled more than 1,000 km to return to their home villages. Both cash transfers and nutritious food should be provided [18,27,[49][50][51].…”
Section: Use Social Safety Nets As a Bridge Between Health And Economic Shocksmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sustainability science is referred to complex problems and finding transformative solutions for the long-term prosperity of the biosphere, human societies, and their economies. It has been established as normative, transdisciplinary, systemic, and ontologically rich, encompassing socio-technical transitions at all dimensions of human and nonhuman life and wellbeing [45].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Socio-technical transitions require technological innovations, the success of which depends on the specific environments and their dynamics they are developed in. When these sociotechnical transitions are embedded in digital tools, they can contribute to the sustainability of production-consumption domain in specific socio-technical areas, such as energy, waste, and food systems [45].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%