Thematic exploration of sectoral and cross-cutting challenges to circular economy implementation

Singh, Shweta; Babbitt, Callie W.; Gaustad, Gabrielle; Eckelman, Matthew J.; Gregory, Jeremy; Ryen, Erinn G.; Mathur, Nehika; Stevens, Miriam Chrisandra; Parvatker, Abhijeet G.; Buch, Raj; Marseille, Alicia; Seager, Thomas P.

doi:10.1007/s10098-020-02016-5

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“…Indeed, various studies demonstrate that bio-based products continue to face technological and operational impediments (Gatto and Re, 2021), making access to product and process innovations inside food enterprises challenging. Several barriers include: high investment costs (Unay-Gailhard and Bojnec, 2016; Jaeger and Upadhyay, 2020); lack of appropriate technology (Borrello et al, 2016;Clark et al, 2019;Farooque et al, 2019;Sharma et al, 2019;Gedam et al, 2021); lack of financial and government support (Rizos et al, 2015;Urbinati et al, 2017;Kirchherr et al, 2018;Mangla et al, 2018;Ranta et al, 2018;Farooque et al, 2019;Sharma et al, 2019); administrative burdens (Rizos et al, 2015); inadequate information management systems (Romero and Molina, 2011;Rizos et al, 2015); social barriers related to lack of interest and awareness by enterprises and customers (Kirchherr et al, 2018;Singh and Giacosa, 2019;Singh et al, 2021); lack of qualified personnel (de Jesus and Mendonça, 2018; Korhonen et al, 2018a,b;Stewart and Niero, 2018;Guldmann and Huulgaard, 2020); lack of support from top management, lack of circular design (Lahane et al, 2020); lack of network support (Jabbour et al, 2020;Jaeger and Upadhyay, 2020;Chhimwal et al, 2021); lack of know-how (Farooque et al, 2019;Sharma et al, 2019;Unay-Gailhard and Bojnec, 2021); lack of reverse logistics management (Borrello et al, 2016;Clark et al, 2019;Gedam et al, 2021); lack of cross-sectoral cooperation (Rizos et al, 2016;…”

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Eco-Innovations Transition of Agri-food Enterprises Into a Circular Economy

Hamam

D’Amico

Zarbà

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Eco-innovations that reduce the environmental effect of manufacturing and consumption are seen as critical components of sustainable development and a critical component of the transition to a circular economy. Food systems address the issue of food waste, which is generally acknowledged as a cost to the economy, the environment, and society. Eco-innovations seem to be critical for the food system's transformation to a more circular model centered on sustainable food production and processing. The goal of this paper was to determine the variables that influenced the introduction of product, process, organizational, and marketing innovations in European Union agri-food enterprises between 2012 and 2014. According to a preliminary analysis of the data, 57.40% of agribusinesses did not implement any form of innovation, which prompted the authors to study the difficulties surrounding innovation development over the 3-year reference period. Several key factors emerge as significant influences on the introduction of product innovations (0.055**); contractual requirements as significant influences on the introduction of process innovations (−0.081***); and environmental incentives as significant influences on the introduction of marketing innovations (0.062***). Additionally, product (0.704***) and process (1.051***) innovations tend to have a greater influence on enterprises' views of circular benefits. The investigation also demonstrates how enterprises and end users interpret the effect of various forms of innovation differently. Indeed, end users, in contrast to how enterprises understand it, believe that organizational (0.611***) and marketing (0.916***) innovations are critical in pursuing circular benefits.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Eco-Innovations Transition of Agri-food Enterprises Into a Circular Economy

Hamam

D’Amico

Zarbà

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…To analyze the circularity of an industry on a regional scale an integrated assessment model (IAM) based on complementary methods must be developed (Crawford et al., 2018; Loiseau et al., 2012; Moriguchi & Hashimoto, 2016; Säynäjoki et al., 2017; Singh et al., 2021; Teh et al., 2017). An IAM addresses different stakeholders, who on the one hand have different background knowledge, and on the other hand, pursue different objectives.…”

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Regional circular economy of building materials: Environmental and economic assessment combining Material Flow Analysis, Input‐Output Analyses, and Life Cycle Assessment

Meglin

Kytzia

Habert

2021

J of Industrial Ecology

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The construction industry is responsible for large quantities of construction and demolition waste and almost 50% of the worldwide annual resource consumption, putting the environment, its natural resources, and ecosystems under high pressure. Therefore, governments are implementing regional policies that support a circular economy (CE). But how do we know whether these developments will lead to a shift toward a CE on a regional scale? How can we identify hotspots in a value chain and regional economy to support decision‐makers and to develop regional policies? We propose an integrated assessment method that considers indicators for environmental impacts and economic benefits by combining Material Flow Analysis (MFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with Input‐Output Analysis (IOA) as the connecting element. It provides the necessary data and indicators for a holistic and comprehensive evaluation of a region or industry. We demonstrate its benefits and limitations taking the Swiss canton of Aargovia as an example. We analyze which processes in the material flow system of construction minerals are decisive for formulating mass‐related or financial policies encouraging a CE. We show that a shift toward a CE can only be captured by combining material and money flows in a joined model, because a significant increase of services—mainly waste management—is a core element in this development. It can only be covered sufficiently by combining environmental and economic assessment. Our model captures the degree to which a regional economy is advanced in the transition toward a CE to compare different regions or analyze scenarios of future developments.

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“…Outcomes of CE could also be analyzed through material flow analysis (MFA). [24] highlight key opportunities in integrative methodological advances such as an expanded use of consequential LCA, development of physical Input-Output tables, and integrating MFA with dynamical models. This aligns with [25] where a concrete integrative framework could achieve CE at a systemic level.…”

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Circular Economy Trends – Potential Role of Emerging Technologies

Kio

Anumba

Ali

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The circular economy and digital transformation are two of the major trends over the last decade. Integrative methodological advances such as life cycle assessments, material flow analysis, and input-output tables are some of the current trends in circular economy case studies and scenarios. However, more efficient processes are required, and methods need to be adapted to the unique attributes of circular economy systems. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of current technological trends and topics in the circular economy. A scoping review and an automated content analysis were conducted in over 6000 abstracts available in Springer journals. Strategies such as applying data-driven design in the field of circular economy and using innovative information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer new possibilities for optimizing existing integration methods. New circular economy approaches, and systems could emerge based on taking advantage of technologies such as: artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Advanced Data Analytics, etc. Also, emerging topics in circular economy technologies focus on energy, policy, models, and global systems. The paper concludes with an outline of emerging technologies and identifies several future research directions.

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Thematic exploration of sectoral and cross-cutting challenges to circular economy implementation

Cited by 44 publications

References 210 publications

Eco-Innovations Transition of Agri-food Enterprises Into a Circular Economy

Eco-Innovations Transition of Agri-food Enterprises Into a Circular Economy

Regional circular economy of building materials: Environmental and economic assessment combining Material Flow Analysis, Input‐Output Analyses, and Life Cycle Assessment

Circular Economy Trends – Potential Role of Emerging Technologies

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