Circular economy and its implementation in cement industry: A case point in Pakistan

Uddin, A.B.M. Sharif; Ali, Yousaf; Sabir, Muhammad; Petrillo, Antonella; Felice, Fabio De

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165605

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“…The questionnaire-based survey approach is widely used and perceived useful and easy to use, helpful to avoid misunderstandings, display statistical outcomes, and more reliable to get accurate data (Chaudhry et al 2023 ; Rind et al 2022 ). However, these countries were selected due to the environmental issues and lack of practices in circular economy initiatives among SMEs, due to the need to outline the solid policy drivers to fixate the success and failure factors (Bleischwitz et al 2022 ; Uddin et al 2023 ; Ting et al 2023 ), and due to the limited resources for data collection. Participants were the owners, CEO, and managerial staff members of the registered production SMEs among emerging economies.…”

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“…Concisely, the management of resources is a main concern of success among production SMEs (Rasool et al 2023 ), and a considerable challenge in transition process. Moreover, there are worst climate change and environmental issues in Pakistan (Mir et al 2022 ), but still there is lack of interest to adopt the circular economy initiatives among firms in Pakistan (Uddin et al 2023 ). Similarly, the issues of warming and rainfall irregularities have created serious climate problems in Malaysian society (Tang 2019 ), but the initiatives of circular economy are widely launched in public sector and private sector face bundle of barriers (Ting et al 2023 ), and widely ignored in Malaysia.…”

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The nexus between circular economy innovation, market competitiveness, and triple bottom lines efficiencies among SMEs: evidence from emerging economies

Rehman,

Gyamfi,

Rasool

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Recently, the trend of circular economy innovation (CEI) drive SMEs to initiate more sustainable practices to attain market competitiveness but rare attention has been paid in emerging economies. Hence, this study plans to explore the impacts of CEI on the triple bottom lines (TBL) efficiencies in the light of market competitiveness among the production SMEs in emerging economies. The study complied data by using a survey-based technique in Pakistan, Malaysia, and China. With a sample of 306 for each segment, data were evaluated with PLS-SEM to clarify results. The findings reveal that CEI has positive significant effects on the market competitiveness and TBL efficiencies among the production SMEs in emerging economies. The findings also clarify that market competitiveness mediates the relationship between CEI and the TBL efficiencies. The findings elaborate the theoretical foundations for environmental-based production SMEs to formulate more sustainable strategies in the light of CEI to gain market competitiveness. It also clarifies the understandings of policy makers and environmental regulators by providing a novel precursor to frame the environment-based TBL guidelines for SMEs. It adds to the UN sustainability agenda by elevating the role of CEI as a novel domain among emerging economies grounded on the resource-based view theory.

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The nexus between circular economy innovation, market competitiveness, and triple bottom lines efficiencies among SMEs: evidence from emerging economies

Rehman,

Gyamfi,

Rasool

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…A visible increasing trend in the construction industry of Pakistan has been observed in the past decades [1]. Such change turns quite fruitful for the economy [2]; however, it rolls towards huge environmental concerns in some instances, and one of the most common is concrete waste management [3]. Construction activity generates waste from concrete as the base material [4], which, in substantial volumes, may become very dangerous for environmental sustainability and public health without proper management [5][6][7].…”

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Data-Driven Predictive Analysis and Sustainable Management of Concrete Waste in Pakistan

Chen,

Asim

2024

Sustainability

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The construction sector of Pakistan is on a cross-growth trajectory, developing under the twin pressures of emerging infrastructure-based demands and sustainable practices that need to be inculcated urgently. This article focuses on the critical evaluation of sustainable waste management practices within the fast-developing construction industry of Pakistan, and clearly delineates a research gap in the current methodologies and use of data combined with the absence of a strategy for effective management of concrete waste. This research aims to utilize an algorithm based on machine learning that will provide accurate prediction in the generation of construction waste by harnessing the potential of real-time data for improved sustainability in the construction process. This research has identified fundamental factors leading systematically to the generation of concrete waste by creating an extensive dataset from construction firms all over Pakistan. This research study also identifies the potential concrete causes and proposed strategies towards the minimization of waste with a strong focus on the reuse and recycling of the same concrete material to enhance the adoption of sustainable practices. The prediction of the model indicates that the volumes of construction are to increase to 158 cubic meters by 2030 and 192 cubic meters by 2040. Further, it projects the increase in concrete construction waste volumes to 223 cubic meters by the year 2050 through historical wastage patterns.

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“…The multi-layered waste stream, which includes fabric residues, chemical discharges, dye impurities, and residual fibers, poses significant environmental challenges [3][4][5][6]. The circular economy represents a promising framework to revolutionize the sector's prevailing linear production model [7][8][9][10]. Textile wastes, including fabric residues, chemical wastes, dye impurities and fiber residues, lead to soil degradation, water pollution and damage to aquatic ecosystems [11][12][13].…”

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Advancing towards a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry

Mamun,

Torst,

Sabantina

2023

Asec 2023

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Circular economy and its implementation in cement industry: A case point in Pakistan

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

The nexus between circular economy innovation, market competitiveness, and triple bottom lines efficiencies among SMEs: evidence from emerging economies

The nexus between circular economy innovation, market competitiveness, and triple bottom lines efficiencies among SMEs: evidence from emerging economies

Data-Driven Predictive Analysis and Sustainable Management of Concrete Waste in Pakistan

Advancing towards a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry

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