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protection, eco-innovation) of the ecological/sustainability transition. If the one-size-fits-all has not been proved a viable …
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This paper builds on the available knowledge on what drives firms' production choices towards circular economy practices to shed new light on a so far quite neglected dimension: the role of organizational settings. Being the transition to a more circular economy systemic in nature, it draws not...
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The Circular Economy concept has emerged to face current unsustainable economic trends. Circularity requires to go beyond mainstream linear business models in favour of new design strategies and production processes able to support an efficient use and a continuous flow of resources. Clarifying...
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The essay deals with the issue of urban circularity understood as a subset of the Circular Economy paradigm, highlighting potential and limits of an emerging new model spreading on a global scale. The critical reasoning starts from a very recent production of institutional documents and the...
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with recycling, keeping the option to switch back to landfilling, if profitable. We determine the optimal share of waste to … program rather than a non-flexible one, the municipality: i) invests in recycling capacity under circumstances where it would … ; Flexibility ; Municipal Waste ; Recycling …
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This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities. It … proper recycling, effective functioning of biomethanation plants, and also of safe operation of waste to energy plants which …
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Assessing the economic consequences of sustainable production choices aimed at reducing environmental negative externalities is crucial for policy making, in light of the increasing interest and awareness experienced in the recent EU policy packages (Circular Economy package; European Green Deal...
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As global e-waste streams rise, recycling efforts remain insufficient, as does the willingness to promote recycling … business opportunity. Over time, this perception has negatively impacted the development of the recycling sector. To counter … this prevailing notion, this working paper promotes the idea of "e-waste as a commodity" and argues that recycling can …
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