Towards a Circular Economy

• Author : Aldo Alvarez-Risco,Marc A. Rosen,Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 09 June 2022

This volume presents a transdisciplinary approach to implementing a circular economy in international business. Written by global experts, this book provides a detailed and professional focus on issues that must be improved in order to successfully implement a circular economy in a variety of industries. The book begins with a discussion of the theoretical aspects of circular economy and the challenges of going from theory to practice. The following chapters present case studies on the circular economy in different sectors

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 July 2022

• Author : Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 13 March 2020

This book highlights the latest advances in waste management, resource recovery and resource circulation in various countries, with a special emphasis on India. It leads the way towards a sustainable circular economy developing local economy and enhances the sustainability of the energy sector as a whole by holistically addressing waste management. Waste management is a major problem around the globe; effective waste disposal is one of the most plaguing issues faced by municipalities. Yet waste can also serve as a

• Author : Jianming Yang
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 22 January 2022

This book interprets the economic benefits and social benefits brought about by zero waste. Beginning with the general history of waste, its mechanism and different categories, this book first explores waste management and resourcing technology around the world nowadays. It then elaborates on the concept and practices of zero waste, discussing about the relationship between zero waste and eco-design, and about relative international standards. At last, it points out that zero waste could be the pathway from linear economy to

• Author : Aldo Alvarez-Risco,Marc A. Rosen,Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 30 June 2022

This volume presents a transdisciplinary approach to implementing a circular economy in international business. Written by global experts, this book provides a detailed and professional focus on issues that must be improved in order to successfully implement a circular economy in a variety of industries. The book begins with a discussion of the theoretical aspects of circular economy and the challenges of going from theory to practice. The following chapters present case studies on the circular economy in different sectors

• Author : Lydia Bals,Wendy L. Tate,Lisa M. Ellram
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release : 19 April 2022

Circular Economy Supply Chains highlights the need for cross-industry flows and the need for different actors in circular value cycles. This book intends to move beyond a buyer-supplier view, embracing a holistic network or ecosystem view, to consider a cross-industry system perspective.

• Author : Miguel Brandão,David Lazarevic,Göran Finnveden
• Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Release : 25 December 2020

This crucial Handbook brings together the latest thinking on the circular economy, an area that has increasingly caught global attention. Contributors explore a broad range of themes such as recycling systems and new business models, as well as consolidating the many ways in which the topic has been dealt with in research, business and policy-making. The Handbook of the Circular Economy is not only relevant, but also essential for students, academics, and policy-makers trying to make sense of the plethora

• Author : Alexandros Stefanakis,Ioannis Nikolaou
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 14 September 2021

The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenges and reach the appropriate solutions. Thus, this book highlights

• Author : Mika Sillanpaa,Chaker Necibi
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 01 August 2019

The Circular Economy: Case Studies about the Transition from the Linear Economy explores examples of the circular economy in action. Unlike other books that provide narrow perceptions of wide-ranging and highly interconnected paradigms, such as supply chains, recycling, businesses models and waste management, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the circular economy from various perspectives. Its unique insights into the approaches, methods and tools that enable people to make the transformation to a circular economy show how recent research,

• Author : Adolfo Iulianelli,Alfredo Cassano,Carmela Conidi,Konstantinos Petrotos
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 29 April 2022

Membrane Engineering in the Circular Economy: Renewable Sources Valorization in Energy and Downstream Processing in Agro-food Industry describes the modification of the general concept of "waste," including waste valorization as added-value products that are useful for energy production and biotechnology industries. Speaking to the relevance of this new vision, the book highlights the fundamentals of membrane operations in the exploitation of renewable sources for energy production and the valorization of agro-food waste at the industrial level. This book is an

• Author : Sadhan Kumar Ghosh,Sannidhya Kumar Ghosh
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 23 November 2021

This book presents the advantages of the circular economy as a powerful - and inevitable - model for tackling the current challenges against shrinking resources and establishing the resource efficient economy. The experienced contributors present the status and strategies of circular economy implementation in several countries with hands on experience to protect the environment while promoting the circular economy through legislative requirements, best practices adopted and popularizing the idea of circulation of resources amongst the researchers & academia, policy makers, industry,

• Author : Peter Lacy,Jessica Long,Wesley Spindler
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 July 2022

Can we align global production and consumption systems with sustainability? Can business growth actually lead to a healthier planet? Can companies innovate through the circular economy to create competitive advantage and genuine impact? Waste to Wealth proved that the emerging circular economy advantage exists - now Lacy, Long and Spindler show you how to realize it at speed and scale in The Circular Economy Handbook. We stand at a crossroads, with rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions, massive technological change and

• Author : Rahul S Mor,Anupama Panghal,Vikas Kumar
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 14 September 2021

Global population by 2050 is predicted to be over 9 billion and accordingly, the production systems will demolish about 140 billion tons per year of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass, i.e., thrice of the current need, and the food production itself has to be doubled. Optimized resource usage, lifecycle management, and reduced carbon emission have become a priority for agri-food businesses today, and circular economy (CE) helps for a sustainable and flexible way to grow without exhausting primary materials, and it

• Author : Nogalski, Bogdan,Szpitter, Agnieszka Anna,Jab?o?ski, Adam,Jab?o?ski, Marek
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 27 September 2019

Economic changes in a globalized world require businesses to create new management practices to remain competitive and successful. While a network paradigm is a key management development, the effective application of this paradigm in organizational practice is complicated by differing interpretations and approaches. Therefore, it is important to thoroughly understand the applicable factors and mechanisms to an efficacious business network. Networked Business Models in the Circular Economy provides innovative insights into achieving synergy through the cooperation of many business partners

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 July 2022