Barriers to smart waste management for a circular economy in China

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Main Dimensions in the Building of the Circular Supply Chain: A Literature Review

“…Current configurations of the supply chain must be redesigned to implement the exchange of waste and industrial by-products considering the principles of the circular economy [56]. This problem involves "a variety of stakeholders, demands behavioral changes, and requires a complete rethinking of the current waste management systems and the dominant linear economic model" [82] (p. 1). Circular thinking must be applied at all stages of the supply chain and go beyond the boundaries of the sector [27].…”

“…Intelligent waste management systems involve both infrastructure and management aspects, but also aspects related to the behavior of citizens, product designers, producers, and policy makers. The functions in this system consider from the design of the products or services to the end-of-life management [82,95]. The involvement of the main actors is essential to control or to decrease waste generation [36,82].…”

“…The functions in this system consider from the design of the products or services to the end-of-life management [82,95]. The involvement of the main actors is essential to control or to decrease waste generation [36,82]. So, the capacities analyzed must be completed with the relational capacity that considers a wide range of interests of the different stakeholders, both internal and external.…”

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

“…The barriers were different depending on the business model of the company, with internal and external barriers identified and critical challenges related to corporate externalities. Developing a more circular approach to waste management in China identified key barriers such as a lack of regulatory pressure, lack of environmental education, lack of concern for environmental protection and low market pressures and demand for circularity [39]. Other research has also confirmed that the primary barrier to developing a circular economy is uncertainty over the potential financial and operational effects on a company [40].…”

“…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.…”