Sustainability Indicators Concerning Waste Management for Implementation of the Circular Economy Model on the University of Lome (Togo) Campus

Lucía Salguero-Puerta, Juan Carlos Leyva-Díaz, Francisco Joaquín Cortés-García and Valentín Molina-Moreno
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Lucía Salguero-Puerta: Management Department-1, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Juan Carlos Leyva-Díaz: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Francisco Joaquín Cortés-García: Faculty of Business and Management, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 7500912 Santiago, Chile
Valentín Molina-Moreno: Management Department-1, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: The circular economy aims to reduce the volume of waste generated in the world, transforming it into resources. The concept of indicator of circular economy was introduced to evaluate the improvement obtained regarding efficiency in terms of reduction, reuse and recycling of waste generated on the campus of the University of Lome (Togo). These indicators showed that 59.5% of the waste generated on the campus in 2018 could be introduced into the circular economy paradigm through composting, and 27.0% of the energy consumed could be replaced by clean energy obtained from biogas. The entire plastic fraction can be introduced into the circular economy paradigm by reusing plastic bottles and selling the rest in the port of the city. Thus, the income obtained could range from €15.5/day in 2018 to €34.5/day in 2027. Concerning old tires, 1.5% of the rubber needed to pave the entire roadway of the campus could be replaced by the waste generated by the tires currently existing there. Consequently, waste management on the campus could be controlled thanks to these indicators, and this could serve as a model for the rest of the country.

Keywords: circular economy; developing countries; energy; indicators; recycling; waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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