Thermodynamic insights and assessment of the ‘circular economy’

Cooper, Samuel; Giesekam, Jannik; Hammond, Geoffrey P.; Norman, Jonathan B.; Owen, Anne; Rogers, John; Scott, Kate

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.169

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“…Energy saving opportunities were found to amount to between 5% and 8% in the UK [70], which is equivalent to the total scope for other industrial energy efficiency savings. Cooper et al [70] broke down the potential savings that could be achieved in the UK through the different subsets as illustrated in Fig. 9.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The impact on energy use of applying a wide range of circular economy (CE) approaches has recently been studied by Cooper et al [70] in a global context, across the EU-27, and in the UK. Such approaches can be viewed as an alternative to the conventional linear 'take-make-consume-dispose' economic model, which attempts to minimise waste and material inputs to the economy through eco-design, recycling and reusing products [68].…”

Section: Towards a More 'Circular Economy' -Engaging Producers And Comentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cooper et al [70] recently collated evidence on specific quantifiable CE approaches, and then calculated their combined overall supply chain impacts via IO analysis. Energy saving opportunities were found to amount to between 5% and 8% in the UK [70], which is equivalent to the total scope for other industrial energy efficiency savings. Cooper et al [70] broke down the potential savings that could be achieved in the UK through the different subsets as illustrated in Fig.…”

Section: Towards a More 'Circular Economy' -Engaging Producers And Comentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This partially reflects the relatively high proportion of imported products that are consumed in the UK, but also that relatively few of the British manufactured products are suitable to 'putting less in' options. It should be noted that the results relating to steel material efficiency [70] include practices like reducing yield losses in forming. Widespread use of steel in construction, vehicles and other goods means that total potential savings associated with steel could be even higher (i.e., some of the savings that are included within the calculated results are related to other sectors, not to the 'steel' findings displayed in Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…9). The relative prominence of the 'reducing food waste' approaches relate primarily to their broad applicability [70], but some of the potential reductions in UK food waste have already been secured.…”

Section: Towards a More 'Circular Economy' -Engaging Producers And Comentioning

confidence: 99%

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Circular approach in manufacturing supply chain (SC) operations yields multiple benefits through optimal utilisation and consumption of resources. This study maps the scope and structure of circularity in the manufacturing SC discipline and explores the evolution of the domain over time. We review 946 journal articles published between 2013 and September 2023. Our study identifies key drivers and barriers to circular economy (CE) deployment in manufacturing SC operations, bibliometric parameters, emerging research themes, decision support tools, theories and applications. Using the theory extension approach, we propose a strategic framework to fortify the deployment of circularity in SCs. This comprehensive study renders a methodological contribution through combined descriptive content analysis and bibliometric and network analyses to evaluate the circular manufacturing SC operations concepts, theories and applications. We posit that manufacturing firms require to deploy innovation‐led approaches to embed the CE strategies in their SC operations. We find that the studies investigating green skill development and circularity‐culture adoption can facilitate manufacturers to understand the efficacy of circularity in their SC operations. The findings of this study can facilitate the practitioners to identify the links between the CE approaches and their strategic implications and examine CE implementation at the strategic level.

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Thermodynamic insights and assessment of the ‘circular economy’

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References 33 publications

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How to increase sustainable production in the food sector? Mapping industrial and business strategies and providing future research agenda

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