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for carbon emissions from inventory storage and manufacture, (1b) a sustainable EPQ model that includes product recycling …, and (2) a reverse logistics model that accounts for emissions and product recycling. Results: According to the inquiry …, there are reverse logistics models in the literature that consider carbon emissions and product recycling together, but they …
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In a dynamic general equilibrium model we explictly consider the relationship between the product attributes 'durability' and 'recyclability'. Both efficiency and sustainability aspects are taken into account. It turns out (a) that durability may be inefficient even in a perfectly competitive...
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product design. If all markets for embodied material per unit output fail and if recycling benefit exceeds environmental …
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In this paper we consider a competitive economy with flows of materials from extraction via recycling to landfilling … stimulates recycling as expected. But it also increases primary material extraction and - possibly - the total waste flow, and it … reduces the recycling ratio. …
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This paper analyzes a reward system that uses a club good to promote recycling. In particular, we examine a context of … incomplete information in which the administrator is unable to observe the resident’s attitude towards recycling. The results … recycling cost and penalties for garbage dumping are complementary tools that could also promote recycling. …
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Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
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