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Long-Run Growth and Recycling: A Material Balance Approach
Pittel, Karen; Amigues, Jean-Pierre; Kuhn, Thomas - 2006
In this paper we analyze the implications of recycling for long-run economic development. In contrast to former … our model. We focus on the implications of recycling-related market failures and the integration of material balances on …
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Imperfect Competition in the Recycling Industry
Eichner, Thomas - 2003
recycled and finally landfilled, and where a recycling firm has market power. The material content constitutes an aspect of … green product design and affects the recycling costs. Although the recycling firm's supply of recycling services is … proposed which correct for market failures. One promising candidate is a relative recycling standard combined with a …
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Assessing circularity interventions: A review of EEIOA-based studies
Aguilar-Hernandez, Glenn A.; Sigüenza-Sanchez, Carlos Pablo - In: Journal of Economic Structures 7 (2018) 14, pp. 1-24
recycling activities and specifying such actions in the EEIOA model if they are not explicitly presented. Product lifetime …
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Introducing a system operator in the waste management industry by adapting lessons from the energy sector
Di Foggia, Giacomo; Beccarello, Massimo - In: Frontiers in Sustainability: Sec. Circular Economy (2022), pp. 1-10
Governance of waste management is historically based on local issues, with different applications and rules across countries. To meet the increasing number of circular economic goals, countries worldwide are seeking to improve the efficiency of waste management markets in terms of environmental...
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Exact Solutions to the Symmetric and Asymmetric Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Delivery and Pick-Up
Rieck, Julia; Zimmermann, Jürgen - In: BuR - Business Research 6 (2013) 1, pp. 77-92
In reverse logistics networks, products (e.g., bottles or containers) have to be transported from a depot to customer locations and, after use, from customer locations back to the depot. In order to operate economically beneficial, companies prefer a simultaneous delivery and pick-up service....
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Digital Innovations for a Circular Plastic Economy in Africa
Oyinlola, Muyiwa (contributor);  … - 2023
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for...
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The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy
Lehtimäki, Hanna (contributor);  … - 2024
This groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic...
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3D-printed activated charcoal inlet filters for oxygen concentrators: A circular economy approach
Williams, Ellis; Piaggio, Davide; Andellini, Martina; … - In: Development Engineering 7 (2022), pp. 1-10
As of May 2021, the current COVID-19 pandemic is still plaguing the world, challenging all the countries and their health systems, globally. In this context, conditions typical of low-resource settings surfaced also in high-resource ones (e.g., the lack of essential medical equipment, of...
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Sociology of sociology: Strengthening the role of social sciences as a new priority of climate and sustainability policy
Strzałkowski, Andrzej - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 16 (2016) 3, pp. 453-468
Today, there are a lot of studies on climate change and sustainability from social sciences' perspectives. Achievements of sociology, psychology or political sciences can be extremely helpful in designing, adopting, implementing and evaluating of effective climate and sustainability policy....
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On the influence of collection cost on reverse channel configuration
Gönsch, Jochen; Dörmann, Nora - In: Journal of Business Economics 91 (2020) 2, pp. 179-213
This paper revisits the impact of collection cost on a manufacturer’s optimal reverse channel choice. A manufacturer who remanufactures his own products has the choice between managing collection of used products himself, let the retailer manage collection or involve a third party company to...
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