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Uncertainty Regarding Waste Handling in Everyday Life

Henriksson, Greger; Åkesson, Lynn; Ewert, Susanne - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2799-2813

categories of the waste recycling system do not coincide with the basic categories used in everyday life. Challenged habits …—source separation in everyday life is habitual, but when a habit is challenged, by a particular element or feature of the waste system …, uncertainty can arise. Lacking fractions—some kinds of items cannot be left for recycling and this makes waste collection …

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Ecology in Urban Planning: Mitigating the Environmental Damage of Municipal Solid Waste

Staniunas, Mindaugas; Burinskiene, Marija; Maliene, Vida - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 1966-1983

generate an amount of municipal solid waste whose ecological impact will be equal to 19,900 kg of CO2-eq in 20 years time …. Lastly considering urban planning scope and the EF practice, two opportunities are discussed: (1) tree planting and (2) waste …

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Social Values and Sustainability: A Survey on Drivers, Barriers and Benefits of SA8000 Certification in Italian Firms

Merli, Roberto; Preziosi, Michele; Massa, Ilaria - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4120-4130

Companies are increasingly required to deal with sustainability issues through the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices. Among the different CSR aspects, workers securities fulfill a necessary issue. SA8000 is an internationally accepted tool that aims to guarantee decent...

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Marine Ecological Footprint of Italian Mediterranean Fisheries

Leo, Federica de; Miglietta, Pier Paolo; Pavlinović, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 7482-7495

, and the process of fisheries systems. In particular we analyze fisheries in Italy, which is the third biggest economy and …

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Territorial Systems, Regional Disparities and Sustainability: Economic Structure and Soil Degradation in Italy

Salvati, Luca; Zitti, Marco; Carlucci, Margherita - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 5, pp. 3086-3104

The present study was devoted to identify the evolutionary path of a number of local systems in a Mediterranean country vulnerable to soil degradation (SD) in the last decades. A multivariate analysis was used to evaluate the socio-ecological conditions and to estimate rapidity-of-change of...

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From Environmental to Sustainability Programs: A Review of Sustainability Initiatives in the Italian Wine Sector

Corbo, Chiara; Lamastra, Lucrezia; Capri, Ettore - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2133-2159

The Italian wine industry is strongly committed to sustainability: the stakeholders’ interest for the topic is constantly growing and a wide number of sustainability programs have been launched in recent years, by both private businesses and consortiums. The launch of these initiatives has...

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A New Strategy for Utilizing Rice Forage Production Using a No-Tillage System to Enhance the Self-Sufficient Feed Ratio of Small Scale Dairy Farming in Japan

Zahra, Windi Al; Yasue, Takeshi; Asagi, Naomi; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 4975-4989

Rice forage systems can increase the land use efficiency in paddy fields, improve the self-sufficient feed ratio, and provide environmental benefits for agro-ecosystems. This system often decreased economic benefits compared with those through imported commercial forage feed, particularly in...

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Considerations When Applying Simplified LCA Approaches in the Wine Sector

Arzoumanidis, Ioannis; Raggi, Andrea; Petti, Luigia - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5018-5028

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems and simplification of LCA appears to be a vital question, especially for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Following a literature review on simplified LCA tools and their...

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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation

Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106

With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cycle Time Estimation in Wafer Fabrication-Efficient Methodology and Managerial Implications

Chen, Toly; Wang, Yu-Cheng - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5107-5128

Cycle time management plays an important role in improving the performance of a wafer fabrication factory. It starts from the estimation of the cycle time of each job in the wafer fabrication factory. Although this topic has been widely investigated, several issues still need to be addressed,...

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