Circular Economy and Sustainability

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Volume 3, issue 4, 2023

Sustainability Transitions in E-commerce Research—Academic Achievements and Impediments pp. 1725-1746

Mengzhen Zhang

Governing the Transition to Circularity of Textiles – Finnish Companies’ Expectations of Interventions for Change pp. 1747-1767

Hanna Salmenperä

Sustainable Husbandry?—A Comparative LCA of Three Lamb Breeding Systems in Turkey pp. 1769-1791

Andreas Geß and Dalya Hazar Kalonya

Integration of Circular Economy Approaches into a Major Infrastructure Project Case Study - National Highways’ A303 Circular Economy Pathfinder Project pp. 1793-1818

D.N. Smith, S. Baldrey, C. Holm, E. Gordon-Smith and W. Barrett

Fostering the Circular Economy with Blockchain Technology: Insights from a Bibliometric Approach pp. 1819-1839

Filippo Corsini, Natalia Marzia Gusmerotti and Marco Frey

ESGs and Customer Choice: Some Empirical Evidence pp. 1841-1874

Paraskevi Boufounou, Ιlias Moustairas, Kanellos Toudas and Chrysovalantis Malesios

In Defence of Scholarly Bullshit—a Reflection on Kirchherr pp. 1875-1883

Marjan Marjanović

Fashion Companies Pioneering with Eco-Innovations in the Swedish Fashion Industry: Motivations, Resources, and Cooperation pp. 1885-1905

Naomi Feber and Martijn Smit

Circular and Networked Bioeconomies for Net-Zero Food Production: There is Nothing Magic About Circles pp. 1907-1918

Joyce Tait, Alan Raybould, Monica Hoyos Flight and Amy McGoohan

A Circular Economy Approach to Food Security and Poverty: a Case Study in Food Rescue in Sri Lanka pp. 1919-1940

Nimeshika Aloysius and Jayanath Ananda

Product Lifecycle Information Flow in E-waste Handling: a Means to Increase Circularity? pp. 1941-1962

Terje Andersen and Lise Lillebrygfjeld Halse

The Circular Economy and Circular Building Practices in Luxembourg pp. 1963-1988

Paula Hild

Impact of Circular Economy Measures in the European Union Built Environment on a Net-Zero Target pp. 1989-2008

M. Sharmina, D. Pappas, K. Scott and A. Gallego-Schmid

Designed to Last: Reframing Strategies for Designing Value Propositions that Support Product Longevity in 17 Best Practice Companies pp. 2009-2035

Louise Møller Haase, Line Sand Lythje and Peter Byrial Jensen

Building a Biodiversity-Positive Circular Economy: the Potential of Recycling Using Industrial Symbiosis pp. 2037-2060

Lisa Junge, Nora Adam, Jonathan Clive Morris and Edeltraud Guenther

Wheels Within Wheels: Mapping the Genealogy of circular Economy using Machine Learning pp. 2061-2081

Mohamed Hachaichi and Sébastien Bourdin

Consumer Awareness of Plastic: an Overview of Different Research Areas pp. 2083-2107

Fabiula Danielli Bastos de Sousa

A Framework Towards Design for Circular Packaging (DfCP): Design Knowledge, Challenges and Opportunities pp. 2109-2125

Wei Liu, Zicheng Zhu and Songhe Ye

Circular Economy Research in the COVID-19 Era: a Review and the Road Ahead pp. 2127-2157

Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Andrea Appolloni, Horst Treiblmaier and Mohammad Iranmanesh

North–South Waste Trade: Prime Example of the Circular Economy or Major Environmental Threat? pp. 2159-2182

Federico Rossi and Piergiuseppe Morone

How Can Green Energy Technology Innovations Improve the Carbon-Related Environmental Dimension of ESG Rating? pp. 2183-2199

Farah Mneimneh, Michel Kodsi, Marc Chamoun, Mohammad Basharoush and Seeram Ramakrishna

Exploring Scalability from a Triple Bottom Line Perspective: Challenges and Strategic Resources for Fashion Resale pp. 2201-2231

Emelie Hultberg and Rudrajeet Pal

Applicability of the Life Cycle Assessment Model in Solid Waste Management in Zimbabwe pp. 2233-2253

Takunda Shabani, Steven Jerie and Tapiwa Shabani

Status and Future of Real-Life Application of the Digital Process Passport in Germany pp. 2255-2266

Shari Alt, Victoria Schorr, Anna Vocke and Dirk Werth

Sustainable Water Use in Industry—Reasons, Challenges, Response of Kazakhstan pp. 2267-2283

Ivan Radelyuk, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš and Kamshat Tussupova

Correction to: Governing the Transition to Circularity of Textiles – Finnish Companies’ Expectations of Interventions for Change pp. 2285-2285

Hanna Salmenperä

Correction to: Circular Economy Research in the COVID-19 Era: A Review and the Road Ahead pp. 2287-2287

Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Andrea Appolloni, Horst Treiblmaier and Mohammad Iranmanesh

Volume 3, issue 3, 2023

Systematic Literature Review: Inter-Reletedness of Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability - Major, Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions pp. 1157-1185

N. Zupancic

Financing-Related Drivers and Barriers for Circular Economy Business: Developing a Conceptual Model from a Field Study pp. 1187-1211

Arttu Saarinen and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos

The Green Stock Market Bubble pp. 1213-1222

Thorsten Lehnert

Why is Communicating the Circular Bioeconomy so Challenging? pp. 1223-1232

Alexandru Giurca

Consumer Role in Closing the Loop in the Apparel Industry Towards Circular Systems pp. 1233-1254

Giulia Villas Boas Fiori, Marina Bouzon and Jaqueline Carneiro Kerber

Product Packaging by E-commerce Platforms: Impact of COVID-19 and Proposal for Circular Model to Reduce the Demand of Virgin Packaging pp. 1255-1273

Tanya Arora, Sarvani Reddy Chirla, Nimisha Singla and Lovleen Gupta

Exploratory Survey of Australian SMEs: an Investigation into the Barriers and Opportunities Associated with Circular Economy pp. 1275-1297

Ayon Chakraborty, Andrew Barton, Andrew O’Loughlin and Harpreet S. Kandra

Incumbents’ Capabilities for Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in the Norwegian Food Sector—an Integrated Framework pp. 1299-1326

Antje Gonera, Hilde Andrea Nykamp and Laura Carraresi

A Process Approach to Product Repair from the Perspective of the Individual pp. 1327-1359

Sahra Svensson-Hoglund, Jennifer D. Russell and Jessika Luth Richter

The Circular Experimentation Workbench – a Lean and Effectual Process pp. 1361-1383

Nancy Bocken and Matthew Coffay

Food-Energy Integration in Primary Production and Food Processing Results in a More Equal Distribution of Economic Value Across Regional Food Systems: Nordic Case Study from Circular Perspective pp. 1385-1403

Kari Koppelmäki, Maartje Hendriks, Juha Helenius, Susanna Kujala and Rogier P. O. Schulte

Circular Economy in the Food Chain: Production, Processing and Waste Management pp. 1405-1423

Maria Luiza M. B. B. Gonçalves and Guilherme J. Maximo

Without a Debate on Sufficiency, a Circular Plastics Economy will Remain an Illusion pp. 1425-1439

Linda Mederake

A New Preparation Method for 3D Bio-composite Filament Manufacturing: a Study on the Effects of Ball Milling on the Cohesion/Adhesion of an Agave tequilana Bagasse/PLA Pellet Mixture pp. 1441-1459

Mathias Salignon, Simon Gray, Timothy Rose and Adriana Encinas-Oropesa

Return to Reintegration? Towards a Circular-Economy-Inspired Management Paradigm pp. 1461-1483

Roberta Angelis and Ken Peattie

Labor and Economic Vulnerability of Brazilian Waste Pickers During the Covid-19 Pandemic pp. 1485-1489

Marcos Eduardo Miranda Santos

Recent Insights on the Role of Various Food Processing Operations Towards the Development of Sustainable Food Systems pp. 1491-1514

Vinay Kumar Pandey, Aamir Hussain Dar, Shubham Rohilla, Charu Lata Mahanta, Rafeeya Shams, Shafat Ahmad Khan and Rahul Singh

Using Macroeconomic Indicators to Enact an Ambitious Circular Economy pp. 1515-1544

Josep Pinyol Alberich, Leandro J. Llorente-González, Mohammad Javad Ramezankhani, Meletios Bimpizas-Pinis and Benjamin H. Lowe

Are Soft Legal Measures in Circular Economy Action Plans Enough to Permeate EU Strong Economic Core Regulations Bringing Systemic Sustainable Change? pp. 1545-1568

Alba Nogueira

Markets and the Future of the Circular Economy pp. 1569-1595

Thomas Siderius and Trevor Zink

Is Convergence Around The Circular Economy Necessary? Exploring the Productivity of Divergence in US Circular Economy Discourse and Practice pp. 1597-1622

Brieanne Berry, Jamie Haverkamp, Cindy Isenhour, Melissa M. Bilec and Sara Sophia Lowden

Contesting Consumerism with a Circular Economy? pp. 1623-1647

Isaac Arturo Ortega Alvarado, Ida Nilstad Pettersen and Thomas Berker

The Development of Spatial Circularity Discourse in Japan: Ecomodernist, Territorialised, or Both? The Story of Onomichi’s Wastescapes pp. 1649-1675

Wendy Wuyts and Marjan Marjanović

The Political Economy of Circular Economies: Lessons from Future Repair Scenario Deliberations in Sweden pp. 1677-1701

Johan Niskanen and Duncan McLaren

The Political Economy of Australia’s Waste Crisis: From Neoliberalism to the Circular Economy Agenda pp. 1703-1721

Wynston Joon Yuen Lee

Correction to: Measuring the Adoption of Circular Economy in Manufacturing Companies: the Proposal of the Overall Circularity Effectiveness (OCE) Index pp. 1723-1723

Marina I. Baumer-Cardoso, Weslynne S. Ashton and Lucila M. S. Campos

Volume 3, issue 2, 2023

Circular Economy in a High-Tech World pp. 619-642

Kelsea A. Schumacher and Martin L. Green

Sustainability in Numbers by Data Analytics pp. 643-655

Seeram Ramakrishna, Wayne Hu and Rajan Jose

Measuring the Economic Impacts of a Circular Economy: an Evaluation of Indicators pp. 657-692

A. Kulakovskaya, C. Knoeri, F. Radke and N. U. Blum

The Circular Decision-Making Tree: an Operational Framework pp. 693-718

Rachel Greer, Timo Wirth and Derk Loorbach

The Better Building Initiative — a Collaborative Ecosystem Involving All Stakeholders as Catalyst to Accelerate the Adoption of Circular Economy Innovations in the Construction Sector pp. 719-733

Mateusz Wielopolski and Willem Bulthuis

Public Perception on the Sustainable Energy Transition in Rural Finland: A Multi-criteria Approach pp. 735-755

Raghu Kc, Jarno Föhr and Tapio Ranta

The Social Impacts of Circular Strategies in the Apparel Value Chain; a Comparative Study Between Three Countries pp. 757-790

Lis J. Suarez-Visbal, Jesús Rosales Carreón, Blanca Corona and Ernst Worrell

Green and Social Regulation of Second Hand Appliance Markets: the Case of Air Conditioners in the Philippines pp. 791-810

Babette Never

Systematic Analysis of the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model for Supporting Circular Economy pp. 811-834

Tanja Engelenhoven, Ayalew Kassahun and Bedir Tekinerdogan

Sustainability Practices and Performance in European Small-and-Medium Enterprises: Insights from Multiple Case Studies pp. 835-860

Andreas Moursellas, Debashree De, Thomas Wurzer, Antonios Skouloudis, Gerald Reiner, Atanu Chaudhuri, Theodoros Manousidis, Chrysovalantis Malesios, Konstantinos Evangelinos and Prasanta Kumar Dey

Going in Circles: Key Aspects for Circular Economy Contributions to Agro-industrial Cooperatives pp. 861-880

Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rômulo Henrique Gomes Jesus, Bruno Silva Ribeiro and Cassiano Moro Piekarski

The Proof Is in the Pudding: Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Long-Term Effectiveness of a Household Food Waste Reduction Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 881-898

Haley Everitt, Paul van der Werf, Jamie A. Seabrook and Jason A. Gilliland

Application of Life Cycle Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management: a Circular Economy Perspective from Developing Countries pp. 899-918

Mutu Tantrige Osada Vishvajith Peiris and Gileemalege Lalithri Navodya Dayarathne

Innovating for Sustainability: Attributes, Motivations, and Responsibilities in the Finnish Food Packaging Ecosystem pp. 919-937

Lotta Ruippo, Hanna Koivula, Jaana Korhonen, Anne Toppinen and Eliisa Kylkilahti

Guidelines to Foster Consumer Acceptance of Products Made from Recycled Plastics pp. 939-952

Athanasios Polyportis, Lise Magnier and Ruth Mugge

Emerging Technologies Supporting the Transition to a Circular Economy in the Plastic Materials Value Chain pp. 953-982

Alejandro Aristi Capetillo, Fredric Bauer and Cristina Chaminade

Different but the Same? Comparing Drivers and Barriers for Circular Economy Innovation Systems in Wood- and Plastic-Based Industries pp. 983-1011

Daniel Holzer, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Michael Kriechbaum, Romana Rauter and Tobias Stern

Investigating the Role of Tourists and Impact of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude Towards Plastic Waste Generation pp. 1013-1027

Prashant Pandey, Manisha Dhiman, Priyanka Chopra and Amit Adlakha

A Conceptual Framework for Achieving Sustainable Building Through Compressed Earth Block: a Case of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso pp. 1029-1043

Stahel Serano Bibang Bi Obam Assoumou, Li Zhu and Clement Francis Deng

Peanut Shell-Derived Biochar as a Low-Cost Adsorbent to Extract Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Copper, and Zinc (Heavy Metals) from Wastewater: Circular Economy Approach pp. 1045-1064

Teddy Ireen Kantoro Mathabatha, Anthony Njuguna Matheri and Mohamed Belaid

Consumer Preferences in Greece for Bio-Based Products: a Short Communication pp. 1065-1076

Antonis Skouloudis, Chrysovalantis Malesios, Demetris-Francis Lekkas and Altani Panagiotopoulou

Contaminated by Its Prior Use: Strategies to Design and Market Refurbished Personal Care Products pp. 1077-1098

Theresa S. Wallner, Senna Snel, Lise Magnier and Ruth Mugge

The Geopolitical Risk and Strategic Uncertainty of Green Growth after the Ukraine Invasion: How the Circular Economy Can Decrease the Market Power of and Resource Dependency on Critical Minerals pp. 1099-1126

Arne Nygaard

Opportunities in Critical Rare Earth Metal Recycling Value Chains for Economic Growth with Sustainable Technological Innovations pp. 1127-1140

Ajay B. Patil, Rudolf P. W. J. Struis and Christian Ludwig

Digital Storytelling Through the European Commission’s Africa Knowledge Platform to Bridge the Science-Policy Interface for Raw Materials pp. 1141-1154

Falko T. Buschke, Christine Estreguil, Lucia Mancini, Fabrice Mathieux, Hugh Eva, Luca Battistella and Stephen Peedell

Correction to: The Social Impacts of Circular Strategies in the Apparel Value Chain; a Comparative Study Between Three Countries pp. 1155-1155

Lis J. Suarez-Visbal, Jesús Rosales Carreón, Blanca Corona and Ernst Worrell

Volume 3, issue 1, 2023

Circular Economy and the triple bottom line in Norway pp. 1-33

Kirsten Wiebe, Vibeke S. Norstebø, Fabian R. Aponte, Moana Simas, Tina Andersen and Gerardo A. Perez-Valdes

Circular Economy and Supply Chains: Definitions, Conceptualizations, and Research Agenda of the Circular Supply Chain Framework pp. 35-75

Laura Montag

Biocircularity: a Framework to Define Sustainable, Circular Bioeconomy pp. 77-91

Nicholas M. Holden, Andrew M. Neill, Jane C. Stout, Derek O’Brien and Michael A. Morris

Expediting the Implementation of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management: a Facilitated Case Study on Re-using Timber in Construction Projects pp. 93-124

Jannie Coenen, Rob E. C. M. Heijden and Allard C. R. Riel

Examining Knowledge Diffusion in the Circular Economy Domain: a Main Path Analysis pp. 125-166

Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Suhaiza Zailani, Yasanur Kayikci and John G. Keogh

Bullshit in the Sustainability and Transitions Literature: a Provocation pp. 167-172

Julian Kirchherr

Tools Towards the Sustainability and Circularity of Data Centers pp. 173-197

Mohamed Sameer Hoosain, Babu Sena Paul, Susanna Kass and Seeram Ramakrishna

Assessing the Potential of Water Reuse Uptake Through a Private–Public Partnership: a Practitioner’s Perspective pp. 199-220

Isabella Georgiou, Serena Caucci, Jonathan Clive Morris, Edeltraud Guenther and Peter Krebs

A Real-World Scenario of Citizens’ Motivation and Engagement in Urban Waste Management Through a Mobile Application and Smart City Technology pp. 221-239

Menelaos Neofotistos, Nafsika Hanioti, Eleni Kefalonitou, Anastasia Z. Perouli and Konstantinos E. Vorgias

Leaching Characteristics of Lanthanum from a Secondary Resource Using Inorganic and Organic Acids: Emphasizing the Citric Acid Kinetics pp. 241-252

Widi Astuti, Fika Rofiek Mufakhir, Felix Arie Setiawan, Kevin Cleary Wanta and Himawan Tri Bayu Murti Petrus

Agronomic and Environmental Determinants of Direct Seeded Rice in South Asia pp. 253-290

Anjali Chaudhary, V. Venkatramanan, Ajay Kumar Mishra and Sheetal Sharma

Concepts, Principles, and Application of Biodynamic Farming: a Review pp. 291-304

Seid Hussen Muhie

Community-Scale Composting Initiatives in South-East Queensland and Beyond: a Review of Successes, Challenges and Lessons for a Pilot Project on Karragarra Island, southern Moreton Bay pp. 305-319

Ariel Gillespie and Anthony Halog

A Circular Model of Economic Growth and Waste Recycling pp. 321-346

Myrto Kasioumi and Thanasis Stengos

Towards Circular Economy and Local Economic Development in Ghana: Insights from the Coconut Waste Value Chain pp. 347-372

Benjamin Doe, Prince Dacosta Aboagye, Paa Kofi Osei-Owusu, Theophilus Amoah, Andrews Aidoo and Nana Yaa Amponsah

Policies for Material Circularity: the Case of Lithium pp. 373-405

Diana Roa and Knut Einar Rosendahl

Consumer Behavior in the Use and Disposal of Personal Electronics: a Case Study of University Students in Sri Lanka pp. 407-424

Champika Ellawala Kankanamge

Attitudes and Perceptions on Education for Sustainable Development pp. 425-445

K. Kougias, Eleni Sardianou and A. Saiti

Review Study of Energy Efficiency Measures in Favor of Reducing Carbon Footprint of Electricity and Power, Buildings, and Transportation pp. 447-474

Farah Mneimneh, Hasan Ghazzawi and Seeram Ramakrishna

Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Potential of European Union’s Circularity Related Targets for Plastics pp. 475-510

Anna Tenhunen-Lunkka, Tom Rommens, Ive Vanderreydt and Lars Mortensen

Measuring the Adoption of Circular Economy in Manufacturing Companies: the Proposal of the Overall Circularity Effectiveness (OCE) Index pp. 511-534

Marina I. Baumer-Cardoso, Weslynne S. Ashton and Lucila M. S. Campos

How User Manuals Support the Diagnosis of Common Faults in Household Appliances: an Analysis of 150 Manuals pp. 535-555

Beatriz Pozo Arcos, Conny Bakker and Ruud Balkenende

Inventory and Comparison of Performance Indicators in Circular Economy Roadmaps of the European Countries pp. 557-584

Marzena Smol

Wastewater Treatment Systems for City-Based Municipal Drains for Achieving Sustainability pp. 585-606

Pinaki Dasgupta, Vivek Kumar, Anushree Malik and Madan Kumar

Impact of Plastic Waste Ingestion by Fish pp. 607-616

Alberto Huiman Cruz

Correction to: Assessing the Potential of Water Reuse Uptake Through a Private–Public Partnership: a Practitioner’s Perspective pp. 617-617

Isabella Georgiou, Serena Caucci, Jonathan Clive Morris, Edeltraud Guenther and Peter Krebs