Circular economy as a COVID-19 cure?

Wuyts, Wendy; Marin, Julie; Brusselaers, Jan; Vrancken, Karl C.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105016

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“…This ability and commitment for open global collaboration and mutual learning is described as one of the unique features of the global maker movement ( Smith, 2017 ) and also implies a certain ethical commitment of the contributing makerspaces. The cases contributing to this study confirm their potential for empowerment as suggested by ( Avelino et al, 2019 ) and resilience of the local actors, similar to what has been encountered by Wuyts et al (2020) .…”

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Covid-19 Response From Global Makers: The Careables Cases of Global Design and Local Production

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Makerspaces—informal shared spaces that offer access to technologies, resources and a community of peer learners for making—across the globe initiated a rapid response to the lack of medical hardware supplies during the global pandemic outbreak in early 2020 caused by the Corona virus (COVID-19). As our health systems faced unexperienced pressure, being close to collapsing in some countries, and global supply chains failing to react immediately, makers started to prototype, locally produce and globally share designs of Open Source healthcare products, such as face shields and other medical supplies. Local collaboration with hospitals and healthcare professionals were established. These bottom-up initiatives from maker networks across the globe are showing us how responsible innovation is happening outside the constraints of profit-driven large industries. In this qualitative study we present five cases from a global network of makers that contributed to the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) and healthcare-related products. We draw our cases from the experiences made in Careables, a mixed community of people and organizations committed to the co-design and making of open, personalized healthcare for everyone. With the presented cases we reflect on the potential implications for post-pandemic local production of healthcare products and analyze them from a social innovation perspective. These global experiences are valuable indications of transformative innovations that can reduce dependencies from international supply chains and mainstream mass production.

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“…Smith, 2017;Richterich, 2020). Wuyts et al (2020) likewise recognize the value of maker activities during the pandemic in moving towards a more circular economy in the healthcare sector.…”

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“…Since the declaration of coronavirus infectious disease 19 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic (WHO 2020a), its progression in countries around the world has been rapid and the daily reported statistics of the cases and casualties have been alarming (MacKenzie, 2020; Worldometers, 2020 ; WHO 2020b). Notably, the effects of this pandemic have greatly impacted the social, economic, health, education, environmental and tourism sectors of society ( AWWA, 2020 , Fine et al, 2020 ; CCSA, 2020; Wuyts, et al 2020 ). In the last few months, one of the areas where the environmental impacts of COVID-19 are most pronounced is in waste management ( Klemeš et al, 2020 , Nzediegwu and Chang, 2020 ).…”

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Municipal waste management in the era of COVID-19: Perceptions, practices, and potentials for research in developing countries

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic can serve as a constructive change driver for sustainability and future resilience, but also as a challenge for adopting CE strategies in face of a scenario with accelerated municipal and hazardous waste generation rates (Wuyts et al 2020). The results of the present study illustrate the challenges of implementing comprehensive CE policies in a post-COVID-19 era and the need to measure its progress, contribution to sustainable development and to the economic reactivation and green recovery.…”

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Circular Economy Strategy and Waste Management: A Bibliometric Analysis in Its Contribution To Sustainable Development, Towards A Post COVID-19 Era

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A descriptive analysis of 416 documents was performed using bibliometric techniques, in order to gather existing knowledge in circular economy (CE) focusing on waste management (2007–2020). The results of this study indicate that annual scientific production increased 94% in the last five years; highlighting the countries of Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, China, Brazil and India. The conceptual analysis indicates strong linkage between CE and sustainable production, waste management and recycling. Emerging research trends evolved from processes and industry oriented approach (2017), towards waste management, recycling and circular economy (2019) and sustainable development and urban solid waste (2020). Through intellectual analysis, schools of thought were identified, where the most influential authors such as Wang, Ghisellini, Zhang and the European Commission with the greatest connection with other authors stand out. Results found denote the challenge represented by the implementation of comprehensive policies in CE, in addition to measure its contribution to sustainable development. The above, being a key alternative for green recovery in response to current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Circular economy as a COVID-19 cure?

Cited by 84 publications

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Covid-19 Response From Global Makers: The Careables Cases of Global Design and Local Production

Covid-19 Response From Global Makers: The Careables Cases of Global Design and Local Production

Municipal waste management in the era of COVID-19: Perceptions, practices, and potentials for research in developing countries

Circular Economy Strategy and Waste Management: A Bibliometric Analysis in Its Contribution To Sustainable Development, Towards A Post COVID-19 Era

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