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Hayashi, Takamasa. "Future Prospects for Japane′s Recycling Businesses." Material Cycles and Waste Management Research 26, no. 6 (November 30, 2015): 440–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/mcwmr.26.440.
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Oskamp, Stuart, Rachel Williams, John Unipan, Neil Steers, Tina Mainieri, and Greg Kurland. "Psychological Factors Affecting Paper Recycling by Businesses." Environment and Behavior 26, no. 4 (July 1994): 477–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001391659402600402.
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Rodrigues, Gwendolyn, and Vineetha Mathew. "EnviroServe: The Green Company in the UAE." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 1, no. 4 (October 1, 2011): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20450621111197613.
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TitleEnviroServe: The Green Company in the UAE.Subject areaReverse logistics, environment, CSR.Study level/applicabilityBachelor and Graduate students.Case overviewThis case describes the role played by the company in linking various processes and taking the lead in the development of a unique “circular” flow of recycling activity which includes recovery, reuse and recycling schemes. Traditionally businesses were not held responsible for the product after use by the consumer. But, with growing stakeholder expectations in the area of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, businesses are more conscious about managing their social and environmental impacts. Today businesses are beginning to look at reverse logistics not only in terms of economic impacts but also environmental impacts. While consumers and other stakeholders want businesses to be more responsible in the way the product is produced such as to minimize waste production, the expectations have also changed to recovery of products after use in order to reduce cost and environmental impact of recycling. Businesses are becoming more responsible about collecting, reusing, refurbishing or dismantling used products to minimize environmental damage.Expected learning outcomesThe case is significant for teachers and students of “environment management”, corporate social responsibility, “supply chain” and “the importance of networks”. It can be used to understand how reverse logistics helps to minimize waste.Supplementary materialsTeaching notes.
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Gehandler, Jonatan, and Ulrika Millgård. "Principles and Policies for Recycling Decisions and Risk Management." Recycling 5, no. 3 (September 10, 2020): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/recycling5030021.
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Swedish recycling businesses argue that the Non-Toxic Environmental target gets too much weight and that resource efficiency gets too little focus, which results in decreased recycling. The purpose of this paper is to highlight different factors that recycling of waste decisions should consider, as well as contributing to a constructive discussion of the overall principles and policies for recycling. How recycling works in practice is explored based on nine interviews with stakeholders from the governmental agency level to recycling businesses. Theory with regards to ethics, risk, decision-making, governmental policy and laws is summarised. Finally, the discrepancy and connection between practice and theory is analysed. If recycling of waste is seen as a decision problem, the choice is between to recycle (in different ways) or not to recycle (i.e., energy recovery and/or landfill). Based on risk and decision theory, all relevant goals should be considered. This requires a broader problem framing when goals are in conflict. All parties agree that recycled and virgin material should be treated equally. From a higher policy perspective, it should then be demonstrated that any use of material (recycled and/or virgin) minimize environmental impact and promotes long-term sustainability.
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Fogarty, Ellen, Beverley Clarke, and Kirstin E. Ross. "Investigating Food Waste Recycling in Local Food Service Businesses: A Case Study from a Local Government Area in Australia." Sustainability 13, no. 24 (December 15, 2021): 13846. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132413846.
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Worldwide, over 1.3 billion tonnes of food goes to waste each year, and much of this is disposed of in landfill, which is costly to the economy and the environment. This study targeted food waste management in local food service businesses as the third largest producer of food waste and a sector that has received less academic attention than other food waste producers (such as household food waste). Questionnaires and interviews were used to investigate current food waste management practices within food service businesses in a Local Government Area in Adelaide, South Australia. Twenty-two respondents completed the online questionnaire and three of these businesses also participated in an interview—two in-person at their business premises and one via an online teleconferencing system. It was found that 54% (n = 12) of these businesses have practices in place to recycle their food waste, while 46% (n = 10) do not. Insufficient kitchen space and the difficulty of separating food waste from non-compostable rubbish were reasons given for not recycling food waste, and the single most important factor that would encourage food waste recycling cited by businesses was the provision of a free, green organics bin. Motivations for recycling food waste included compassion for the environment and the desire to divert waste from landfill. These insights may help local government implement solutions to reduce food waste from entering landfill.
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Puspita, Sisilia Dwi, Ahyahudin Sodri, and Suyud Warno Utomo. "Environmental Impact Assessment on Plastic Waste Recycling Business in Bengkulu City, Indonesia." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1111, no. 1 (December 1, 2022): 012022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1111/1/012022.
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Abstract In Indonesia, small-scale plastic recycling businesses dominate the plastic waste recycling business. The practice of plastic waste recycling in developing countries also does not pay attention to the Environment and is not energy and material efficient during the process. Andusti Simpari company in Bengkulu City is one of the small-scale plastic waste recycling companies that face common problems such as the use of human labor, inefficient energy, and lack of liquid waste management, which has the potential to cause eutrophication and produce greenhouse gases in the form of CO2 which can contribute to global warming. This study aims to assess the environmental impact of eutrophication and the global warming potential (GWP) of businesses using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. Cradle to grave LCA is applied to small-scale plastic waste recycling, with 1000kg of shredded plastic/day production capacity. From the LCA analysis, it is known that to produce 1 kg of shredded plastic can produce as much as 0.97363 KgCO2eq of pollutants that contribute to the Global Warming Potential (GWP) and eutrophication of 0.01492 kg PO4.
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Desticioglu, Beste, Hatice Calipinar, Bahar Ozyoruk, and Erdinc Koc. "Model for Reverse Logistic Problem of Recycling under Stochastic Demand." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 13, 2022): 4640. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084640.
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It has become obligatory for businesses to carry out recycling activities in the face of increasing environmental pollution and the danger of depletion of natural resources. The waste collection phase of the recycling process requires interactive transportation that uses a reverse logistics flow from customers to recycling facilities. Businesses need to create appropriate network structures to carry out these activities at minimum cost. This study has developed a model, based on reverse logistics, of collecting products from customers and sending them to warehouses and then to recycling facilities. The chance-constrained programming (CCP) approach was used to regulate the constraints involving stochastic demand in the model. Linearization was performed using the linear approximation method. The cost of transportation from Initial Collection Points (ICP) warehouses to recycling facilities is the most influential component on the objective function. This linearized model was solved by creating different scenarios by changing the standard deviation ratio, reliability level, and warehouse capacities within the scope of sensitivity analysis. In the sensitivity analysis, it was determined that the increase in confidence level and variance negatively affected the objective function. In addition, it has been concluded that the increase in demand has no effect on costs as long as the capacity of the facility is not exceeded.
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Zhang, Yajian, and Willie Tan. "Demolition waste recycling in China: New evidence from a demolition project for highway development." Waste Management & Research 38, no. 6 (February 20, 2020): 696–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x20904440.
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China’s rapid urbanization has led to rising construction and demolition waste (C&DW) amid a quoted recycling rate of only about 10%. Previous studies on C&DW recycling in China have focused on lack of awareness, weak regulation, limited markets for recycled products, and immature recycling technology. This paper investigates the recycling rate of demolition waste (DW) through a case study of the demolition process in a highway project in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, and data collected through analyses of past documents, field observations, and interviews with key stakeholders to provide contrary evidence that the recycling rate is much higher than reported. The reason for the discrepancy is that the reported recycling rate did not include the efforts of a myriad of relocated residents, small construction businesses, informal recycling establishments, developers, and road construction contractors. Proper estimation of the DW recycling rate in China should consider these efforts, especially from the informal sector.
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Shen, Liang, Runjie Fan, Zhaoqing Yu, and Yuyan Wang. "The Service Strategy and Influencing Factors of Online Recycling of Used Mobile Phones." Mathematics 9, no. 21 (October 22, 2021): 2690. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math9212690.
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Currently, many online platforms participate in the recycling of waste products, and the online recycling of used mobile phones is especially popular. We explore the service strategy for and the factors influencing customers’ willingness of online recycling (CWOR) of used mobile phones. We develop a game model of a reverse supply chain comprising a mobile phone manufacturer (MPM) and an online recycling platform (ORP) to analytically examine the influencing factors of CWOR. We show that the MPM’s profit is mainly affected by CWOR and the ORP’s offered recycling service. The impacts of customers’ preferences of the recycling price and recycling service on the MPM’s profit depend on the service cost coefficient. The ORP’s profit is independent of its service cost and customers’ preference of the recycling service. However, the impact of the recycling commission is restricted by customers’ preference of the recycling price. We also use structural equation modelling to empirically show that recycling service and environmental consciousness positively affect CWOR, and environmental protection publicity enhances environmental consciousness. In addition, customers’ age and income moderate the recycling service–CWOR link. Our findings reveal that improving the recycling service can directly and indirectly promote the recycling of used mobile phones. These findings provide guidance to the government and businesses related to used mobile phone recycling.
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Hornberger, Lee. "Surviving in the Plastics Recycling Industry." Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 19, no. 2 (May 2003): 77–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/147776060301900202.
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Rising resin prices and decreasing landfill availability accelerated the expansion of the consumer plastics recycling industry in the 1980's. Unfortunately, many of the recycling companies that were started during this optimistic time quickly learned that economic recycling of post-consumer waste was extremely difficult and they went out of business. Those recycling companies that survived managed to develop stable technologies and markets for their products. These businesses are models for their industry as well as for the emerging automotive and electronic plastics recycling industry. In this study, the annual sales, experience, markets, growth strategies, technology and leadership of 36 recycling firms were evaluated to determine the characteristics that helped these companies survive in this difficult industry. These recycling firms were located in the United States and in Europe. Four elements were found to be present in most of the surviving companies: a) a willingness to adapt to changes in the marketplace b) extensive knowledge of recycling technology c) financial and technical support and d) strong internal leadership.
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Ohta, Hajime. "Efforts by Japanese Businesses to Establish a Recycling-Based Society." Waste Management Research 8, no. 5 (1997): 362–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.8.362.
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Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman, Danish Iqbal Godil, George Thomas, Muhammad Tanveer, Hafiz Muhammad Zia-ul-haq, and Haider Mahmood. "The Decision-Making Analysis on End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling and Remanufacturing under Extended Producer Responsibility Policy." Sustainability 13, no. 20 (October 12, 2021): 11215. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011215.
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This research develops a dual-cycle ELV recycling and remanufacturing system to better understand and improve the efficiency of the ELV recycling and remanufacturing businesses. For the flawless operation of this system, the researchers employed evolutionary game theory to establish a game model between original vehicle manufacturers (OVMs) and third-party recyclers with the government involved. This research presents evolutionary stable strategies (ESS) that could promote an ELV recycling and remanufacturing system. Results show that OVMs’ expected profit difference between choosing and not choosing authorization is crucial in their ESS. The licensing fee plays a part of OVMs’ expected profit difference. Based on the results, optimal ESS could be achieved when the OVMs’ expected profit difference between choosing authorization and not choosing authorization and the third-party recyclers’ profit when paying the licensing fee are both positive. Then, the two groups’ involvement in dual-cycle ELV recycling and the remanufacturing system can be ensured. This research implicates the government to devise appropriate reward and punishment strategy to encourage OVMs and third-party recyclers to collaborate for efficient recycling and remanufacturing systems. Particularly, the government is suggested to impose strict restrictions on OVMs to carry ELV recycling and provide support to promote recycling quantity standards. Hence, the ELV recycling and remanufacturing system would be strengthened, thus improving waste management which is crucial for both environmental and resource efficiency.
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AKAGI, Susumu, Takehisa AOKI, Juichi YONEDA, Makoto NARISAKO, and Junzo HINO. "Metal recycling and waste treatment businesses of Nippon Mining & Metals." Journal of MMIJ 123, no. 12 (2007): 763–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2473/journalofmmij.123.763.
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Wang, Congying, Fu Zhao, and Carol Handwerker. "Transforming and integrating informal sectors into formal e-waste management system: A case study in Guiyu, China." Clean Technologies and Recycling 2, no. 4 (2022): 225–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2022012.
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<abstract> <p>Minimizing informal recycling activities is critical for the sustainable end-of-life treatment of electronics. Recent studies have started to revisit the concept of informality in recycling and reported empirical examples where informal sectors coordinate with formal sectors, jointly contributing to a greener recycling solution. This case study examines the systematic effort to transform and integrate the informal sector into the formal recycling industry for managing e-waste in Guiyu, China. This paper analyzes the policy design, implementation, technology development and market establishment of Guiyu's formal sector that enabled the evolution of the local informal recycling industry. The results show that the salient success factor is to offer advanced and centralized e-waste treatment by constructing a formal recycling sector while maintaining the competitive characteristics of the old informal businesses, including manual dismantling and private e-waste collection networks. Those characteristics ensured increased reuse value and sufficient e-waste sources. Meanwhile, the study found that many challenges and conflicts during this transition are rooted in the often-overlooked societal and historical contexts that profoundly shaped the local recycling industry. Authorities of regions facing challenges regulating informal recycling of e-waste, especially developing countries, could initiate similar systems based on local realities and the collaboration between formal and informal sectors to minimize the environmental and societal consequences of unregulated informal e-waste recycling.</p> </abstract>
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Kmecová, Iveta, and Marek Vokoun. "Innovation activities of Czech businesses: differences between urban and rural businesses." SHS Web of Conferences 73 (2020): 02002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20207302002.
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Innovative activities of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas and in Czech economy are relatively unexplored areas. Socioeconomic and environmental contributions of SMEs activities can be gained not only by means of ecological innovative activities of rural SMEs. Rural areas are also a suitable localization strategy for obtaining public money from subsidies, as there is no great direct competition and lower costs. SMEs economic contributions are irreplaceable both for urban and rural areas. Socioeconomic impact of ecological innovations for urban and rural areas is connected with the advantages of circular economy, such as reduced energy consumption, less pollution and waste, and well-organized product recycling options after use. The hypotheses are focused on the localization of businesses into rural areas, size of enterprises introducing innovations in the market, and ecological product and processes innovations. Estimation is based on 4 innovation phases as in the case of the general innovation business process. The 2014 data set is provided by the Czech Statistical Office contains the Community Innovation Survey. The results for 2014 indicate that localization does not affect the first phases of the innovation process, and that the innovative activities increase the costs of the R&D activities.
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Yu, Zhang, and Syed Abdul Rehman Khan. "The Decision-Making Analysis on End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Extending Producer Responsibility Policy in the Context of Remanufacturing." Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure 10, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2021-0012.
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Abstract For ensuring an ideal recycling rate, the extending producer responsibility (Extending Producer Responsibility) has been recognized by more and more governments. And an increasing number of original vehicle manufacturers (Original Vehicle Manufacturers) participated in their End-of-Life vehicles (End-of-Life Vehicles) reusing to fulfil their social responsibility. The Original Vehicle Manufacturers can do well in auto parts remanufacturing due to their knowledge and skills of vehicle manufacturing, and the third-party vehicle recyclers are more capable of recycling the End-of-Life Vehicles due to their skills and facilities of waste recycling. To better improve the End-of-Life Vehicle reusing businesses and improve the efficiency and quality of End-of-Life Vehicle recycling and remanufacturing, this research built a remanufacturing system with dual-cycle End-of-Life Vehicle recycling. Moreover, for the well operation of this system, the researchers established the game model between Original Vehicle Manufacturers and third-party recyclers with the government involved and analyzed this model with evolutionary game theory. This research found that there are two evolutionary stable strategies (ESS) for the two groups. For well operation of remanufacturing system with dual-cycle End-of-Life Vehicle recycling, the government need to use the Extending Producer Responsibility policy to impose strict restrictions on Original Vehicle Manufacturers doing End-of-Life Vehicle recycling through promoting Original Vehicle Manufacturers’ recycling quantity standard and the penalty for insufficient End-of-Life Vehicle recycling. Further, this research also found that the licensing fee that the third-party recycler needs to pay the Original Vehicle Manufacturer for getting the recycling business plays a vital role in the ESS.
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Mohamed Sultan, Al Amin, Yoong Qi Hang, Wan Hasrulnizzam Wan Mahmood, Mohd Shamsuri Md Saad, and Paul Tarisai Mativenga. "Critical Materials Determination as a Complement to the Product Recycling Desirability Model for Sustainability in Malaysia." Applied Sciences 12, no. 7 (March 29, 2022): 3456. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12073456.
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End-of-life waste disposal is a major issue in Malaysia, where the country’s economy has suffered due to waste recovery issues. Many countries have successfully identified critical materials and products for increasing recycling rates, but not in Malaysia. Thus, the Malaysian government and businesses have had difficulty prioritising products for recycling. The absence of critical materials data has meant that a recovery strategy could not be planned wisely. In addition, the Product Recycling Desirability Model that was utilised by many countries to improve their recycling strategy could not be applied to Malaysia, as it requires critical materials data as input. To start with, Malaysia’s important materials have been identified. Next, two risk dimensions are defined: supply risk and material risk. The indicators are then weighted according to Malaysia’s scenarios. The scores are analyzed and applied to the Product Desirability Model to find desirable products for recycling. As a result, 89 materials were classified as critical to Malaysia’s economy, with palladium, rhodium, gold, platinum, and tellurium ranking first through to fifth. Critical materials scoring was used for the first time in Malaysia to comprehend the Product Recycling Desirability Model, a tool for prioritizing products for recycling. Additional analysis reveals that car batteries, tyres, PET bottles, mobile phones, and DVD-R are the top five most important recyclable products in Malaysia. With the material security database readily available and the novel evaluation system being employed to prioritize critical material supply, using risk supply and material security for Malaysia, the government, or private sector, can strategically start to implement recycling policies and initiatives to strengthen recycling efforts, which help to increase recycling rates.
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Selvi, Murat Selim, and Yasemin Kayar. "Reverse Logistics Activities in Enterprises and Implementation Reasons." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 5, no. 1 (January 22, 2016): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v5i1.46.
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Many businesses have obtained cheap raw materials thanks to recycling and recovery activities. The aim of this study is to describe the logistics activities performed by businesses and to identify the main reasons of reverse logistics appliance. The research is a case study defined as “integrated multi-case design” type. For this purpose, 23 industrial enterprises were examined in the scope of sample. Because the data obtained via unstructured interview form, they have qualitative characters. The single answers were used as analysis unit in this study, descriptive and discourse analyses were performed on qualitative data. Some sentences were quoted directly. The obtained results were submitted to the approval of the respondents. Thereby, it was contributed to construct validity of the research by creating evidence chain. It seems reasonable to conclude that the most commonly applied ones among reverse logistics operations are storing, selling to a mediary, destruction, recycling, regulation of customer returns new repackaging and resale. The results showed that reverse logistics operations were performed for some reasons such as providing raw materials, saving in production, raising the level of consciousness of environmental responsibility and awareness taking part in social responsibility project and consumer rights.
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Vidhi, Rachana, Prasanna Shrivastava, and Abhishek Parikh. "Social and Technological Impact of Businesses Surrounding Electric Vehicles." Clean Technologies 3, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol3010006.
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Electric vehicle (EV) penetration has been increasing globally and is expected to continue its exponential growth over the coming decades. Several countries have already announced plans to achieve total or partial electrification of their vehicle fleets. Such rapid transportation electrification will have a significant impact on society and businesses that support the transportation industry. Additionally, new business opportunities will be available to support this technological evolution. In this paper, the business opportunities emerging from EVs and their supporting infrastructure are reviewed. It has been observed that several businesses, such as sustainable mining and manufacturing, will need to be developed before EV growth as they provide the initial platform required for EV adoption. Other businesses such as fleet optimization, battery management, and recycling can be developed at a later stage. All of these businesses will also have social and technological impacts, which will drive policy decisions. Regional governments play a critical role in ensuring the smooth execution of a transition to transportation electrification through social programs, such as training and education for equitable growth, and legislative decisions, such as technology standardization.
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Saxena, Rahul, Sanjeev Kishore, and Vandana Srivastava. "Framing and control for sustainability of industries." Technological Sustainability 1, no. 1 (November 11, 2021): 64–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/techs-08-2021-0003.
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PurposeThe paper attempts to frame the challenge of managing the transition to a sustainable economy by way of a conceptual model consisting of a zero-footprint regulatory regime and a sustainability fund.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual model of the sustainable industrial revolution has been developed based on the learnings from industries such as originators (mining), farming, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and chemicals and long-lasting artefacts against an overall perspective.FindingsIt is suggested to have an institutional structural mechanism in place to ensure that footprint is minimized through recycling including refurbishing, resale or transformation. This includes management of recycling businesses through execution of a zero-waste regulatory regime that will build and use a sustainability fund.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of the paper are arising out of the topic being an issue of gigantic proportions with immense complexity. An attempt has been made to bring out the inescapability and the imperative of a sustainable industrial revolution.Practical implicationsThis paper presents practical aspects such as collusion between trash and recycling businesses, land use and social aspects of criticality of public support. If implemented, the suggested model can make a paradigm shift in the way firms, industry and governments can handle the challenge of sustainability.Originality/valueThe value of this conceptual paper lies in an attempt to extend the learning organization framework to the concept of a regulatory model for sustainability that is not limited to the definition of a firm but stands extended to industries and to the economics, land use and demographics of the planet.
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Michalec, Aleksandra, Martin Fodor, Enda Hayes, and James Longhurst. "Co-designing food waste services in the catering sector." British Food Journal 120, no. 12 (December 3, 2018): 2762–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-04-2018-0226.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present results from the action research project, where sustainability professionals, local businesses and academic researchers collaborated on exploring barriers for food waste recycling in SMEs food outlets in order to inform local policy and business practices in Bristol, UK. Design/methodology/approach The researchers conducted face-to-face, qualitative surveys of 79 catering businesses in three diverse areas of the city. The action research methodology was applied, where a range of co-researchers contributed towards study design and review. Findings The research reveals the main barriers to recycling and how such perceptions differ depending on whether the respondents do or do not recycle, with “convenience” and “cost” being the main issue according to the already recycling participants. On the other hand, participants who do not recycle state that their main reason is “not enough waste” and “lack of space”. Practical implications Participants recommended a range of measures, which could improve the current food waste services in Bristol. For example, they suggest that business engagement should address the barriers voiced by the participants applying the framings used by them, rather than assuming restaurants and cafes are not aware of the issue. By inviting a variety of non-academic stakeholders into the process of research design and analysis, the project addressed the imbalances in knowledge production and policy design. Originality/value Despite the local and qualitative focus of this paper, the results and research methodology could act as a useful guide for conducting food waste action research in the policy context.
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Soomro, Yasir Ali, Irfan Hameed, Muhammad Yaseen Bhutto, Idrees Waris, Yasser Baeshen, and Bader Al Batati. "What Influences Consumers to Recycle Solid Waste? An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Sustainability 14, no. 2 (January 17, 2022): 998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14020998.
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This extant study attempts to present a comprehensive predictive model for solid waste recycling behavior. Solid waste is a major environmental concern globally. Particularly, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), being the larger gulf country in the Middle East is a major contributor to solid waste. Consequently, this study was carried out to identify the motivational factors that consumers consider important for recycling their household waste. We extended the theory of planned behavior (TBP) and utilized actual behavioral variables such as resell, reuse, and donation. A structured questionnaire was carried out with 365 purposively selected respondents in the KSA. Among several other noteworthy findings consistent with previous studies, we found that reselling was the most significant factor of recycling behavior followed by donation. Further, the multi-group analysis (MGA) results reveal significant group differences in gender and age variables; the significance test indicates that the male group has much better pro-environmental behavior than the female group. In terms of age, our results showed that recycling intention and reselling behavior passed a significant test in the elderly group when compared to a younger group. This study has unique contributions and findings leading to practical implications for government authorities, businesses, and non-governmental organizations. The findings will particularly aid in increasing the recycling intention and behavior among household consumers. This research will guide in making laws and policies that can help to embrace the green challenges and boost recycling activities for a sustainable environment.
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Dany, Ho, Wong Whui Dhong, Koh Weng Jiata, Tan Kiant Leong, Nor Yuliana Yuhana, and Gilbert Tan. "Deodorizing Methods for Recycled High-density Polyethylene Plastic Wastes." Materiale Plastice 58, no. 3 (October 5, 2021): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37358/mp.21.3.5511.
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The recycling of high-density polyethylene plastic (HDPE) plays a crucial role in sustainable development. However, obstacles to the use of recycled HDPE remain because of the material and processing properties and odors of recycled HDPE. The odor of recycled detergent bottle plastic leads to rejection by most detergent manufacturers. Recently, some recycling enterprises have adapted recycling with odor reduction processes involving the use of solvents, antimicrobial additives, and odor extraction units in feeders and extruders. However, these processes may affect the quality and cost of recycled plastic. Most small and medium businesses (SMBs) may not favor these effects due to their limited models and resources. In addition, most SMBs are unwilling to replace their current recycling operation units. Hence, this study aimed to find alternative and economical ways for odor reduction in the recycling process. A modification of the recycling process was introduced in the pretreatment of plastic flakes before entry into the feeder of an extrusion unit. The effect of selected washing temperatures, i.e., 65℃, 75℃, 85℃, and 95℃, on the removal of odor from recycled HDPE was further studied. The addition of sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, and citric acid into a heated water bath enhanced the deodorizing effect. The relationship of these three chemicals with the deodorization of HDPE plastics was investigated through sensory evaluation. Lastly, the potential of the deodorized recycled HDPE for resin pellet production and commercialization were investigated.
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Dany, Ho, Wong Whui Dhong, Koh Weng Jiata, Tan Kiant Leong, Nor Yuliana Yuhana, and Gilbert Tan. "Deodorizing Methods for Recycled High-density Polyethylene Plastic Wastes." Materiale Plastice 58, no. 3 (October 5, 2021): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37358/mp.21.3.5511.
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The recycling of high-density polyethylene plastic (HDPE) plays a crucial role in sustainable development. However, obstacles to the use of recycled HDPE remain because of the material and processing properties and odors of recycled HDPE. The odor of recycled detergent bottle plastic leads to rejection by most detergent manufacturers. Recently, some recycling enterprises have adapted recycling with odor reduction processes involving the use of solvents, antimicrobial additives, and odor extraction units in feeders and extruders. However, these processes may affect the quality and cost of recycled plastic. Most small and medium businesses (SMBs) may not favor these effects due to their limited models and resources. In addition, most SMBs are unwilling to replace their current recycling operation units. Hence, this study aimed to find alternative and economical ways for odor reduction in the recycling process. A modification of the recycling process was introduced in the pretreatment of plastic flakes before entry into the feeder of an extrusion unit. The effect of selected washing temperatures, i.e., 65℃, 75℃, 85℃, and 95℃, on the removal of odor from recycled HDPE was further studied. The addition of sodium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, and citric acid into a heated water bath enhanced the deodorizing effect. The relationship of these three chemicals with the deodorization of HDPE plastics was investigated through sensory evaluation. Lastly, the potential of the deodorized recycled HDPE for resin pellet production and commercialization were investigated.
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van der Vegt, Malou, Evert-Jan Velzing, Martijn Rietbergen, and Rhiannon Hunt. "Understanding Business Requirements for Increasing the Uptake of Recycled Plastic: A Value Chain Perspective." Recycling 7, no. 4 (June 29, 2022): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/recycling7040042.
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Circularity and recycling are gaining increased attention, yet the amount of recycled plastic applied in new products remains low. To accelerate its uptake by businesses, it will be useful to empirically investigate the barriers, enablers, needs and, ultimately, requirements to increase uptake of recycled plastic feedstock for the production of new plastic products. During the six focus group sessions we conducted, a value chain approach was used to map the factors that actors face regarding the implementation of recycled materials. The identified factors were structured based on three levels: determining whether a certain factor acted as a barrier or enabler, identifying the steps in the value chain that the factor directly affected and the category it could be subdivided into. The results were then further processed by translating the (rather abstract) needs of businesses into (specific) requirements from industry. This study presented eight business requirements that require actions from other actors in the value chain: design for recycling, optimised waste processing, standardisation, material knowledge, showing possibilities, information and education, cooperation, and regulation and government intervention. The main scientific contributions were the value chain perspective and the applied relevance of the findings. Future studies may delve deeper into the individual factors identified.
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Camilleri, Mark Anthony. "Sustainable Production and Consumption of Food. Mise-en-Place Circular Economy Policies and Waste Management Practices in Tourism Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 17 (September 6, 2021): 9986. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13179986.
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Although previous researchers have explored the circular economy practices of different businesses in various contexts, currently, there are still a few contributions that are focused on the sustainable preparation and consumption of food in the tourism and hospitality industry context. Hence, this paper sheds light on case studies from hotels, restaurants, and cafes that are located in urban tourist destinations. This research suggests that catering businesses can implement a number of responsible initiatives by introducing preventative measures and recycling practices to curb food loss and the generation of waste. In conclusion, this contribution implies that there is scope for regulatory authorities and policymakers to encourage hospitality practitioners to engage in circular economy approaches and to incentivize them to minimize food waste in tourism cities.
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Belev, S. G., and E. O. Matveev. "Consequences of increasing the car recycling fee in the Russian Federation." Ars Administrandi (Искусство управления) 14, no. 1 (2022): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-9173-2022-1-25-43.
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Introduction: the issue of increasing car recycling fee accompanied by a concurrent introduction of a compensating subsidy to domestic car producers has been recently widely discussed in Russia. Such a measure might be viewed as a protectionist measure disguised as the need to comply with environmental standards. This raises the question of this policy expedience. Objectives: to analyze the consequences of increasing the car recycling fee in the Russian Federation. Methods: comparative analysis, generalization and extrapolation of results, econometric estimations. Results: data analysis from various sources (Association of European Businesses, Federal Customs Service, Federal State Statistics Service, Federal Tax Service etc.) shows that effective car recycling fee rate have been growing much faster than inflation or real income index. Tax burden of the recycling fee in car prices is sufficiently high (15–30 %). A 25 % increase in recycling fee rate leads to a 4 % car prices increase in the most likely scenario, which, in turn, will foster a 6 % decrease in car demand. Cumulatively, this may lead to a 17 % increase in recycling fee tax revenue, the largest part of which will have to be returned to domestic car producers. Conclusions: despite the presence of the compensating subsidy to domestic car producers, domestic cars prices will also rise by 4 % to maintain price parity with imported cars. The price increase will mostly affect the well-being of low-income households. In addition, taken the current rates structure, an increase in recycling fee will stimulate the use of illegal schemes of importing foreign cars to Russia by individuals. There are significant negative consequences of increasing the car recycling fee in the Russian Federation, and therefore it should be recognized as inappropriate.
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ElijaGuamba, Jose Manuel, and Arnaldo AmericoTembe. "SELECTIVE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTE CASE STUDY: RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTE IN HULENE KA-MAHOTA DISTRICT." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 4, no. 7 (July 31, 2016): 84–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i7.2016.2596.
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The waste collected daily from household and businesses entities can be utilized for various objectives, serving as raw material for business and other most appropriate purposes. You can, for example, recycle plastic, produce compost and energy, recovering the economic value of such waste. Waste recycling generates jobs and income, reduces the amount of natural resources needed for a new product and also decreases the need to occupy (and pollute) space to deposit materials that have served only once their socio-economic function. And what you can't recycle always has another proper disposal, as a principle which is basic in the concept of sustainable development: Do not transfer the solution of the problem for future generations.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the panorama of the selective collection of household waste from the case study of plastic recycling in the neighborhood of Hulene Dump side, at municipality of Maputo. The methodology used in this research was the bibliographical and documentary analysis, as well as semi-structured qualitative interviews with: representative of Municipal Department of Waste Management, Health and Water Supply in the Maputo municipality; administrative coordinators of four organizations studied (RECICLA and FERTILIZA cooperatives, AMOR and PAGALATA associations). Additionally, technical visits were carried out with written and photographic records, interviews to members of the RECICLA cooperative.
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Karim, Rubayet, and Koichi Nakade. "A Literature Review on the Sustainable EPQ Model, Focusing on Carbon Emissions and Product Recycling." Logistics 6, no. 3 (August 1, 2022): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics6030055.
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Background: Many businesses want to include sustainability in their manufacturing operations. A conventional economic production quantity (EPQ) model is employed to calculate the ideal number of products to manufacture at one time. The goal of this study was to look at the current research on sustainable economic production quantity and supply chain models and suggest prospective future research directions based on existing knowledge gaps. Methods: In this perspective, we used systematic procedures to conduct a survey that included studies from two scenarios: (1a) a sustainable EPQ model that accounts 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 are not jointly considered for modeling a sustainable EPQ model considering the situation where the manufacturing system is imperfect, although both are vital for ensuring environmental sustainability. Conclusions: In the future, the EPQ model can be developed with these two aspects in mind to understand the effects of product recycling on carbon emissions while controlling production and inventories for an imperfect manufacturing system.
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Piribauer, Benjamin, Uta Jenull-Halver, Felice Quartinello, Wolfgang Ipsmiller, Thomas Laminger, Daniel Koch, and Andreas Bartl. "TEX2MAT – NEXT LEVEL TEXTILE RECYCLING WITH BIOCATALYSTS." Detritus, no. 13 (November 30, 2020): 78–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2020.14030.
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Achieving a circular economy for end-of-life textiles is one of the big challenges in the textile industry. Currently, after disposal, textiles often end up in landfills or in incineration plants. Over the last years, the textile industry exhibited high growth rates and the annual global fibre production is reaching 100 Million t. It also has to be considered that textile products are increasingly becoming more complex, to fulfill special functionality resulting in the use of multi-material textiles. However, these textiles are hard to recycle. The TEX2MAT project is a FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) promoted project conducted by a consortium of 13 research institutions and private businesses that offers a solution. The goal was to develop an innovative process for the material recycling of selected multi-material textile streams. In multiple case studies, pre- and post-consumer cotton/polyester textiles from the Austrian SME sector were investigated to close the material cycle from raw material back to raw material. The case studies used a new approach involving the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. This way cotton can be converted into glucose and polyester remains as the only polymer and is thus accessible for a rather easy recycling process. The obtained glucose can be used as raw material for different platform chemicals. The project team successfully demonstrated the functionality of the whole processing chain, by complete removal of the cotton from the textile, and weaving of new towels with the recycled polyester.
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Gheorghita, Maria, and Rafael Ciloci. "THE INITIATIVES TO IMPLEMENT THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY (REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA CASE)." Journal of Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (June 2022): 143–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.52326/jss.utm.2022.5(2).13.
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This paper reflects some initiatives to implement the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in the Republic of Moldova with a focus on recycling textile waste and identifying opportunities to increase the sustainability of the industry and to align with the practice of the European textile industry. The garment industry is among the most developed industries of the Moldavian economy. It is in the top five largest branches of industry and a major job generator. The disadvantage of this industry, as well as of the European textile industry, is that it is a large waste generator both in the pre-consumption phase, but especially in the post-consumption phase, which mostly end up in landfills and pollute groundwater, soil and air due to greenhouse gas emissions. Textile waste that is formed in the pre-consumption phase is not sorted, therefore it is not recycled. However, there are some initiatives in Moldova to implement circular economy models. In practice there are certain initiatives to implement circular business models for the collection and recycling of post-consumer waste, which aim to extend the life cycle of articles. Young designers are also trying to find solutions for recycling garments. In order to multiply the existing practices of waste collection and recycling in the Moldovan garment industry, there is a need for education and a broad involvement of both businesses and consumers.
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Garcia-Garcia, Guillermo, and Sandeep Jagtap. "Enhancement of a Spent Irrigation Water Recycling Process: A Case Study in a Food Business." Applied Sciences 11, no. 21 (November 4, 2021): 10355. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app112110355.
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Food operations use vast amounts of water. To reduce utility costs as well as concerns regarding water depletion in ecosystems, food businesses usually try to reuse their water. However, this often needs a recycling process to ensure the water is of good quality and safe to reuse in a food environment. This paper presents a case study of a grower of beansprouts and other varieties of sprouted seeds that uses six million litres of water weekly. Approximately 60% of their spent irrigation water is recycled using both 50 µm and 20 µm drum filtration. In addition, chlorine dioxide is used as part of the recycling process as a disinfectant. Our analysis demonstrated that the size of suspended solid particles in over 90% of the cumulative sample tested was smaller than the current 20 µm filter in place, highlighting that the existing system was ineffective. We, then, explored options to enhance the water recycling system of the company. After careful analysis, it was proposed to install a membrane-filtration system with ultraviolet technology to increase the finest level of filtration from the existing 20 µm to 0.45 µm absolute and sterilize any remaining bacteria. This not only improved water quality, but also allowed for the removal of chemicals from the recycling system, delivering both financial and technical improvements.
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Boyle, Carol, and Brian Baetz. "Household hazardous wastes: options for management." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 20, no. 4 (August 1, 1993): 543–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l93-071.
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Household hazardous waste (HHW) disposal contributes significantly to the cost of HHW collection programs. In addition, disposal of HHW can contribute to the toxicity of leachate from landfill, heavy metals in ash from waste incinerators, and heavy metals and toxic organic compounds in composted material and sewage sludge. Other options such as product substitution, waste minimization, reuse, or recycling should be considered to help reduce costs and disposal concerns. An estimate of the volumes and types of HHW accumulated by collection programs, their recycling and reuse options, and treatment and disposal requirements are presented.Recycling, reuse, or disposal of collected wastes depends upon the market for the recycled material, the availability of recycling or disposal facilities, transportation facilities, and the potential to reuse the waste material without treatment. The costs of disposing of HHW are relatively high but can be offset by co-funding from manufacturing associations and local businesses. A disposal fee could also be applied to household hazardous products, thus placing the cost burden on the purchaser.Public education can assist in reducing the volumes of HHW and public pressure is also forcing companies to eliminate hazardous compounds in household products. If effective consumer education continues, the increasing demand for non-hazardous substitutes will significantly reduce the volume of household hazardous products, consequently reducing HHW. Key words: household hazardous waste, waste disposal, waste recycling, waste reuse, waste management.
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Kholod, Sergiy B., Vadim V. Tatarinov, and Vadim S. Tatarinov. "GREEN TECHNOLOGIES IN SMALL BUSINESS: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROSPECTS." Європейський вектор економічного розвитку 1, no. 32 (June 2022): 6–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.32342/2074-5362-2022-1-32-1.
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The article considers the prospects of green technologies, the state and factors hindering their further development in Ukraine. Proposals for the development of green technologies in Ukraine for expanding the participation of small businesses in this process are provided. It has been established that the transition from the traditional model of economic growth to the model of green growth, which provides a high level of production and employment, as well as a fair distribution of income without harming the environment, contributes to sustainable economic development. Based on expert estimates, it is proven that green technologies will become leading in the XXI century. As a result, a small business belonging to a mobile institution can effectively implement green technologies, thus solving a wide range of problems related to its development. It is known that Ukraine is one of the ten countries in the world that produce the largest amount of solid waste. Much of the solid waste from households is dumped in landfills and cannot be recycled and reused due to the complexity of their separate collection, which exacerbates the problem. Small businesses are involved in the process of efficient recycling of solid waste, starting from the stage of preparation for recycling and ending with the process of their disposal. The experience of waste recycling in a closed-cycle economy as part of Industry 4.0, which is characterized by minimizing the negative impact on the environment, is considered. Issues related to solid waste management are considered. Difficulties in the processing of secondary raw materials were highlighted, including the shortage of secondary raw materials in the country and the need to import them, as well as the lack of waste sorting and the necessary containers for the collection of separated waste. The conditions for encouraging the sorting of household waste from the standpoint of environmental and economic feasibility are presented. Measures have been proposed to introduce closed-loop green technologies in Ukraine and involve small businesses (especially in the management of solid and organic household waste), including: bringing legislation in line with the requirements of the closed-loop economy (separate collection of household waste); conducting organizational and educational activities in society to organize separate collection of household waste; ensuring the production of technical means for their separate assembly.
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Parra, Federico. "The Struggle of Waste Pickers in Colombia: From being considered trash, to being recognised as workers." Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 15 (September 28, 2020): 122–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14197/atr.201220157.
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Organised waste pickers in Colombia are formally recognised as subjects of special protection and as providers of the public service of recycling. As a consequence, they now receive remuneration for their work, but this was not always the case. This article highlights the strategies waste pickers used to successfully demand their rights while exploring the tensions and contradictions surrounding the formalisation of waste pickers as public service providers of recycling. These include a lack of sufficient guarantees from the government, attempts by private companies to appropriate waste pickers’ benefits, and a lack of respect by both the state and private businesses for the recognition of their rights in law. It concludes that there is an inherent tension between the main objectives of the waste pickers—to improve their working conditions and overcome poverty and vulnerability—and that of the state, which promotes free market competition in the provision of public services.
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Huskey, Madison, and Eunjoo Cho. "Exploring Small Fashion Retailers' Green Efforts in Supply Chain Management and Coping Strategies During COVID-19." Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences 114, no. 4 (December 1, 2022): 16–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.14307/jfcs114.4.16.
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Few studies have investigated the engagement of America's small businesses in sustainability. The purpose of this study was to explore the current business model of small fashion retailers, target customers, product distribution channels, sources of revenue, and green efforts in supply chain management based on the Six-R framework. This study also investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small fashion businesses. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews of owners/employees of four small fashion retailers. Interview findings revealed that small fashion retailers implemented green supply chain practices through recycling, reusing, and reducing. Findings indicated that cost and limited resources challenged the retailers in making green efforts. The results suggest small fashion retailers can improve sustainability engagement by re-designing, recovering, and remanufacturing products in the operational and manufacturing processes. COVID-19 pushed the retailers to deal with their problems in new and creative ways.
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Takegahara, Keisuke. "Finance Roles for the Creation of a Sustainable Society and Enhancement of Recycling Businesses." Material Cycles and Waste Management Research 26, no. 6 (November 30, 2015): 460–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/mcwmr.26.460.
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Calvo, Sara, Andrés Morales, Pedro Núñez-Cacho Utrilla, and José Manuel Guaita Martínez. "Addressing Sustainable Social Change for All: Upcycled-Based Social Creative Businesses for the Transformation of Socio-Technical Regimes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7 (April 7, 2020): 2527. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072527.
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The global challenges caused by socio-economic inequalities, climate change and environmental damage caused to ecosystems, require changes in human behavior at all organizational levels, including companies, governments, communities, and individuals. In this context, it is important to analyse how social and creative companies that work in the fashion and industrial design recycling sector can address sustainable social change. In this paper, we propose an analysis in the countries of the global South. To learn how grassroots innovations can contribute to the development of sustainable strategies, we perform the framework of Technical transitions. We analyze the three main areas of activity that constitute an effective niche construction: social networks, expectations and visions, and learning. A qualitative methodology is used, a video case study with six grassroots organizations in South Africa, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Brazil. The results reflect the important role played by these grassroots innovations, contributing to the development of social and creative recycling companies that address socio-economic and environmental problems.
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Chowdhury, Asma, Hoang Lan Vu, Kelvin T. W. Ng, Amy Richter, and Nathan Bruce. "An investigation on Ontario’s non-hazardous municipal solid waste diversion using trend analysis." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 44, no. 11 (November 2017): 861–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2017-0168.
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Non-hazardous waste disposal and diversion trends in Ontario from 1996 to 2010 were identified using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods, and the temporal variability of its waste diversion practices were examined. Ontario’s diversion was sensitive to waste diversion policy and residential diversion programs. Total waste diversion increased by 85% in 14 years. Results suggested that waste minimization may be more effective than recycling on Ontario diversion rates. Programs targeting non-residential sectors are recommended, specifically for smaller businesses with limited waste management budgets. Linear regression and Mann-Kendall tests detected significant increasing trends for residential waste diversion. In contrast, non-residential diversion had a decreasing trend using linear regression. A significant upward trend (S = +10) was found for Ontario’s total waste diversion using Mann-Kendall tests. Highly significant upward trends were observed for plastic and organic recycling. Mann-Kendall tests were found more appropriate for waste trend analysis in the present study.
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Akdoğan, Habib, and Ela Hicyorulmaz. "The Importance of the Sustainability of Environmental Accounting." Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People 4, no. 2 (June 24, 2015): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.26458/jedep.v4i2.104.
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: Rapid population growth, industrialization, unplanned urbanization, global warming, tourism activities and natural disasters have resulted in environmental issues that have reached global dimensions and started to threaten the life of creatures. For the permanent protection of ecological balance and sustainability, massive national and international regulations are needed. Threatening the life of creatures has not been considered in the system consisting of the establishment of equilibrium between man and nature as required. At this point businesses have important responsibilities. Businesses, for example, in order to prevent environmental pollution waste control systems, filtration systems, recycling methods etc. endured environmental costs in a variety of ways, as these costs are incurred also causes more businesses to see the value of protecting the environment. The result of the activities of environmental impacts of enterprises can be considered, to be taken in the preparation of the necessary data to guide decisions, contacts and presentation of the stages of the environmental accounting system.In this study, we first examine the concepts of environmental accounting, sustainability and environmental costs and then in the cement factories located in Turkey the environmental costs and environmental accounting will be given in the results of a survey made for the calculation of the sensitivity.Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Sustainability; Environmental Costs
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Mossali, Elena, Marco Diani, and Marcello Colledani. "DigiPrime: Digital Platform for Circular Economy in Cross-Sectorial Sustainable Value Networks." Proceedings 65, no. 1 (December 23, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020065001.
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Circular Economy is the solution for the current environmental crisis, representing a huge economic opportunity to build new sustainable businesses. However, many barriers need to be faced for its implementation at industrial scale—firstly, the lack of data sharing between the different stakeholders of product value-chains. The DigiPrime project is an EU-funded Innovation Action aimed at developing and demonstrating a digital platform with services able to unlock innovative cross-sectorial business models for the remanufacturing and recycling of target value-added products. In this paper, the concept behind the DigiPrime project is reported, with a particular focus on the construction sector.
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Hudym, Milena, Hanna Kononenko, and Yuriy Izbash. "Current state, issues and perspectives of construction waste recycling in Ukraine." International Science Journal of Engineering & Agriculture 1, no. 5 (December 1, 2022): 65–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.46299/j.isjea.20220105.08.
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The article analyzes the problem of construction and demolition waste disposal in Ukraine, which is especially relevant due to the increasing number of housing renovation projects and the intensification of national construction projects. Construction waste accounts for almost a third of the waste generated in most developed countries. The most efficient disposal method is recycling, i.e. recycling of secondary building resources (SBR). However, the share of recycled construction waste in Ukraine lags far behind developed countries (it is about 6% of its total volume). The high level of waste generation and low rates of its use as secondary raw materials (SRM) have led to the fact that a significant amount of solid waste accumulates annually in the industrial and civil sectors of Ukraine, only a small part of which is used as SRM, the rest ends up in landfills. The difference between waste management in Ukraine, compared with other developed countries, is in the large volumes of waste generation and the lack of infrastructure to recycle it. The issues of the environmental impact of construction waste are considered, and the main cost-effective technologies for processing SBR are identified and considered in this research. With the help of market mechanisms and government regulations, these technologies may become promising for investment and their development will be beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses. Perspective areas of construction waste recycling in order to obtain demanded products are presented; existing advantages and technologies of processing SRM are also considered: solid waste processing, biothermal composting, wood waste processing, recycling of construction waste and metallurgical slag, etc.
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Nakaji, Tatsuya, Takashi Gunjima, Takashi Ohkawa, Noriyuki Ohtoyo, Teruo Kamura, Masanori Kino, Kiyoshi Chiku, and Masahiro Mori. "Researching Recycling Costs for Containers and Packaging in Businesses (for the Packaging and Beverage Industries)." Waste Management Research 15, no. 6 (2004): 281–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.15.281.
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Jora, Octavian-Dragomir, Alexandru Pătruți, Mihaela Iacob, and Delia-Raluca Șancariuc. "“Squaring the Circle”—The Disregarded Institutional Theory and the Distorted Practice of Packaging Waste Recycling in Romania." Sustainability 12, no. 22 (November 13, 2020): 9440. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12229440.
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The European Union (EU) remains one of the leading-edge jurisdictions on the planet in legislating and enforcing the circular economy, a token of its forthright environmental awareness. Still, given that the level of economic development across the EU member states is heterogenous, this concern, however generous it may be, looks too beyond “their” means and too ahead of “its” times. What the European policymakers seem to disregard is that top-down institutional constructions, as is the case with the EU’s overambitious environmental legislation, can end up in severe distortions. Imposing/importing an institutionalized arrangement without due preparation may fuel resistance to (even positive) change, as the biases it engenders translate into considerable costs and selective benefits. The present article attempts a novel approach within the literature, where the failure to achieve recycling targets is usually considered the fault of private businesses. Instead, our study explains suboptimal environmental results by the institutionalization of spiraling governmental interventions in markets, meant to make the arbitrarily set recycling/reuse targets artificially viable. Subject to EU rules, Romania’s packaging waste recycling market is a textbook case in revealing this outcome predicted by economic theory, as our statistical data suggest. The conclusion is that it is equally perilous to neglect the calibration of legislative targets according to institutional and economic development as it is to reject environmental claims based on their costs.
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Sabău-Popa, Claudia Diana, Alexandra Maria Bele, Anca Otilia Dodescu, and Marcel Ioan Boloș. "How Does the Circular Economy Applied in the European Union Support Sustainable Economic Development?" Sustainability 14, no. 16 (August 11, 2022): 9932. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14169932.
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This research paper aims to find a causal relationship between the circular economy and sustainable economic development. The implementation of the circular economy in the European Union requires, on the one hand, smart regulation and on the other hand, the long-term involvement of all actors in society at all levels—member states, regions, cities, businesses, citizens—and their ability to develop cooperation networks and suitable collaboration and exchange patterns. Moreover, the circular economy is based on business models for reusing, recycling and recovering materials in the production and consumption of goods. This research establishes correlations between circular economy performance measurement indicators and sustainable economic development using panel analysis. Statistically significant correlations were noted between GDP per capita and three independent variables, mainly due to the high R-squared coefficient. This research’s innovation contribution is related to the selection and combination of circular economy indicators. Finally, the results confirmed that an increase in the recycling rate of municipal waste and a decrease in environmental tax revenues and environmental protection expenditures led to an increase in GDP per capita and sustainable economic development.
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Shokri, Amin, Ali Shokri, Dean White, Richard Gelski, Yosse Goldberg, Stephen Harrison, and Taha Hossein Rashidi. "EnviroCoin: A Holistic, Blockchain Empowered, Consensus-Based Carbon Saving Unit Ecosystem." Sustainability 14, no. 12 (June 7, 2022): 6979. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14126979.
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The capacity of the greenhouse gas recycling mechanism in nature has long reached its limit, resulting in a sharply increasing trend in the marginal cost of recycling one unit of human-produced carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. Externalities associated with the marginal cost of greenhouse gas emissions affect health, climate, and the economy, which have urged global authorities and governments to request urgent actions to slow down the production of such pollutants. Nonetheless, without public awareness and a holistic mechanism to monetise the impact of pollutants, a universal strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is condemned to failure. This paper presents an overview of emerging technologies that can come together to offer an innovative solution for monetising, incentivising and realising the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Through a brief review of the literature, an innovative ecosystem is proposed for the first time, accounting for a unified platform for carbon verification, validation and monetisation, which can be adopted as a business model to validate and monetise the amount of incentivising businesses and people for carbon saving on a decentralised blockchain platform.
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Qiu, Cheng, Wei Yi Sun, Chao Long Wang, and Shi Jun Su. "Materials Flow Analysis on the System of Flue Gas Desulfurization and Denitration with Pyrolusite Slurry." Advanced Materials Research 383-390 (November 2011): 3162–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.383-390.3162.
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Circular economy promotes the establishment of recycling-oriented society and recycling-based businesses. Circular economy is characterized by eco-efficiency improvement and materials recycle, furthermore, it also has provided a practical and feasible way for the sustainable development of human society. Materials flow analysis (MFA) has provided a new and simple way to study the development of circular economy. MFA is based on materials inputs and outputs, and then creates materials inputs and outputs account to manage materials flow. The process using pyrolusite for FGD produces manganese, high-purified manganese carbonates and slag used for cement production as byproducts. Electrolytic manganese production process, high-sulfur coal combustion process and cement production process are studied in the research. Materials flows of these processes are studied. The new production patterns are compared with the traditional ones basing on MFA. The results show that these processes are more environment-friendly and resource-saving in the comparison. To evaluate the circular economy efficiency of the complementary system, the evaluation index system of the circular economy construction is created.
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Müller, Simone M. "Hidden Externalities: The Globalization of Hazardous Waste." Business History Review 93, no. 1 (2019): 51–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007680519000357.
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This article focuses on chemical retailers Jack and Charles Colbert to, first, show the externalization processes linked to the greening of U.S. industry through stricter consumer and environmental protection regulations and, second, illustrate the limitations of nationally framed environmentalism targeting businesses in a global market. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the Colberts traded chemicals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had banned for use in the United States. They exported them legally to countries where the material was still a permitted commodity—primarily in the global South. Rare interview material illustrates how the exporters justified their unequal business deals by misappropriating the meaning of recycling.
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Sasaki, Hidehiro. "Servicizing as Eco-business for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society Green Servicizing-Toward 'service provision-type businesses' that reduce environmental impacts-." Waste Management Research 17, no. 3 (2006): 117–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.17.117.
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Potârniche, Marilena E., Andreea Daniela Giucă, Gabriela Dalila Stoica, and Cristina Maria Sterie. "The circular economy in Romania and in the EU Member States." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 16, no. 1 (August 1, 2022): 409–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2022-0040.
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Abstract The transition to a circular economy could bring many benefits, such as: Reducing the pressure on the environment, improving the security of supply of raw materials, increasing the competitiveness of businesses, stimulating innovation, boosting economic growth and not least creating new jobs. The aim of the work is to highlight the situation of Romania compared to the Member States of the European Union as regards indicators specific to the circular economy. To achieve this aim, the following indicators have been analyzed: Trade in recyclable raw materials, circular use rate of material, municipal recycling rate, and private investment in circular economy sectors, both at Romanian level and across all EU Member States, in the period 2010-2020. The countries with the largest amounts of recycled raw materials are Germany and the Netherlands with more than 1,5 million tons in 2020 and the country-wide extra-EU trade in recyclable raw materials was 25,2 thousand. The Netherlands, Belgium and France are the leading figures for the use rate of recyclable metals. However, the highest recycling rate was registered by Germany with 67%, with Romania among the last countries.