Sustainability Assessment Methods and Tools
In: Management Principles of Sustainable Industrial Chemistry, S. 55-88
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In: Management Principles of Sustainable Industrial Chemistry, S. 55-88
In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 189, S. 300-313
ISSN: 1879-2456
In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 171, S. 324-336
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 46, S. 653-667
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 104, S. 148-182
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 146, S. 11-19
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Kick-off presentations at the Network-Wide Training Event 1 of C-PlaNeT EU H2020 project. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 859885.
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 153, S. 41-51
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 100, S. 112-121
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 71, S. 62-85
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 138, S. 83-115
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Circular Economy (CE) is a growing topic, especially in the European Union, that promotes the responsible and cyclical use of resources possibly contributing to sustainable development. CE is an umbrella concept incorporating different meanings. Despite the unclear concept, CE is turned into defined action plans supported by specific indicators. To understand what indicators used in CE measure specifically, we propose a classification framework to categorise indicators according to reasoning on what (CE strategies) and how (measurement scope). Despite different types, CE strategies can be grouped according to their attempt to preserve functions, products, components, materials, or embodied energy; additionally, indicators can measure the linear economy as a reference scenario. The measurement scope shows how indicators account for technological cycles with or without a Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) approach; or their effects on environmental, social, or economic dimensions. To illustrate the classification framework, we selected quantitative micro scale indicators from literature and macro scale indicators from the European Union 'CE monitoring framework'. The framework illustration shows that most of the indicators focus on the preservation of materials, with strategies such as recycling. However, micro scale indicators can also focus on other CE strategies considering LCT approach, while the European indicators mostly account for materials often without taking LCT into account. Furthermore, none of the available indicators can assess the preservation of functions instead of products, with strategies such as sharing platforms, schemes for product redundancy, or multifunctionality. Finally, the framework illustration suggests that a set of indicators should be used to assess CE instead of a single indicator.
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 153, S. 249-263
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 141, S. 104-114
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In: Waste management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology, Band 120, S. 290-302
ISSN: 1879-2456