Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment

Circular economy is a contemporary concept including usage of renewable materials and technologies. The transition to the circular economy creates value through closed-loop systems, reverse logistics, eco-design, product life cycle management, and clean production. The aim of the study was to propose a holistic conceptual framework for barriers of circular supply chain for sustainability in the textile industry. Within this aim, an in-depth literature review on barriers was conducted by covering all supply chain stages and circular initiatives in textile industry. Then, a focus group study was implemented. In the focus group study, barriers related to supply chains that prevent companies to implement the circular economy were discussed and validated. As a result, a total of 25 barriers were classified under nine main categories such as (a) management and decision-making, (b) labour, (c) design challenges, (d) materials, (e) rules and regulations, (f) lack of knowledge and awareness, (g) lack of integration and collaboration, (h) cost, and (i) technical infrastructure.

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“…Fayet & Vermeulen, 2014;Roosendaal, 2018;Kirchherr et al, 2018;Mangla et al, 2018;Hart et al, 2019. Knowledge and awareness…”

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A conceptual framework for barriers of circular supply chains for sustainability in the textile industry

Kazançoğlu

Yarımoğlu

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

143

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“…Based on this previous recent work and from analysing the barriers to specific materials and end of life products, the barriers identified by other workers have been re-grouped thematically [29,37,[39][40][41][42]. This has produced a set of nine primary barriers, and these have been used in the assessment method developed in this work.…”

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Analysis of Barriers to Transitioning from a Linear to a Circular Economy for End of Life Materials: A Case Study for Waste Feathers

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This research aimed to develop a simple but robust method to identify the key barriers to the transition from a linear to a circular economy (CE) for end of life products or material. Nine top-tier barrier categories have been identified that influence this transition. These relate to the basic material properties and product characteristics, the availability of suitable processing technology, the environmental impacts associated with current linear management, the organizational context, industry and supply chain issues, external drivers, public perception, the regulatory framework and the overall economic viability of the transition. The method provides a novel and rapid way to identify and quantitatively assess the barriers to the development of CE products. This allows mitigation steps to be developed in parallel with new product design. The method has been used to assess the potential barriers to developing a circular economy for waste feathers generated by the UK poultry industry. This showed that transitioning UK waste feathers to circularity faces significant barriers across numerous categories and is not currently economically viable. The assessment method developed provides a novel approach to identifying barriers to circularity and has potential to be applied to a wide range of end of life materials and products.

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“…The reason to indicate the core essence of a CBM lies in the value of comparing constructs systematically and learn from the result. Though this knowledge is scarce, on account of the emerging nature of the topic [5] and the slowly and unpredictably innovating industry as a context [32], it is essential for sustainable development. CBM lies in the value of comparing constructs systematically and learn from the result.…”

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“…It is a realistic scenario for the near future of construction. Simultaneously, the construction industry struggles to implement circular economy business models (CBMs) to generate economic and business opportunities [2][3][4][5][6].…”

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“…Nevertheless, the industry is moving toward circular construction at a snail's pace. This is caused by the construction industries' characteristics, including the long life and innovation cycle of buildings, the existence of many stakeholders beyond producer, and user with split incentives and the complex composition of parts that a building typically is [5]. In addition, the relatively small body of circular economy literature and examples of working circular business models on construction specifically causes a sparse concept adoption [2].…”

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Archetypical CBMs in Construction and a Translation to Industrialized Manufacture

Heesbeen

Hoces

2020

Sustainability

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The circular economy is a widely accepted concept that various governments have started to adopt. Still, a major consumer of resources, the construction industry, struggles to implement business models that answer to the opportunity and generate value beyond economical. At the same time, the industry is at a threshold of intensifying their production by industrialized manufacture. This type of construction offers practical benefits and should be developed whilst prioritizing a sustainably built environment. A circular economy business model (CBM) offers all stakeholders long term value and revenue whilst moving towards a sustainable environment. The business model canvas (BMC) is a tool to shed light on the essential characteristics of a CBM, its value, and alignment in a multi-life cycle perspective. It can contribute to accelerating circular innovation in construction. This study aims to provide an overview of archetypical CBMs in construction based on a literature review and a systematic coding exercise using the BMC. The archetypes found are used to describe the characteristics of industrialized manufacture in the various circular economy construction scenarios.

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Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment

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A conceptual framework for barriers of circular supply chains for sustainability in the textile industry

A conceptual framework for barriers of circular supply chains for sustainability in the textile industry

Analysis of Barriers to Transitioning from a Linear to a Circular Economy for End of Life Materials: A Case Study for Waste Feathers

Archetypical CBMs in Construction and a Translation to Industrialized Manufacture

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