Eco-efficiency, Circularity Measurement and Assessment

Sebastiano Patti
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Sebastiano Patti: University of Catania

Chapter Chapter 7 in Circular Economy and Policy, 2023, pp 137-161 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Before to measure eco-efficiency and sustainable impact, it needs to learn to understand systems. Circularity needs to be measured, since it is important to define circularity metrics both for products and for services. Through circularity measurement and assessment, it is possible to have a measure of the health of ecosystems. The Chapter focuses on evaluation procedures and metrics to measure circularity. There are many tools developed for circular economy as circular indicator as well as metrics. At this purpose, European Countries Furthermore it relationship among eco-efficiency, ecosystems and resources as well as on the current circularity metrics able to measure circularity.

Keywords: Circularity assessment; Circularity metrics; Eco-efficiency; Circularity indicators; Metrics; Assessment framework; Resource potential indicator; Value-based resource efficiency; Sustainable circular index; Circulytics; Material circularity indicator; Global reporting initiative; EU taxonomy; ISO/TC 323 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43324-5_7

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