How the combination of Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 can contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Dantas, Thales Eduardo Tavares; de-Souza, E.D.; Destro, Iuri Rafael; Hammes, Gabriela; Taboada, Carlo; Soares, Sebastião Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2020.10.005

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“…Conventional approaches for peatland stabilization are always applicable due to developed and proofed technologies; however, beneficial management recommends saving of primary resources and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the process of construction and building [85]. Studies have led to attempts using a relatively wide choice of raw materials acquired through mining and local resource extraction.…”

Section: Applying a Circular Economy Approach In Materials Choice For Stabilizationmentioning

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Towards Sustainable Soil Stabilization in Peatlands: Secondary Raw Materials as an Alternative

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Implementation of construction works on weak (e.g., compressible, collapsible, expansive) soils such as peatlands often is limited by logistics of equipment and shortage of available and applicable materials. If preloading or floating roads on geogrid reinforcement or piled embankments cannot be implemented, then soil stabilization is needed. Sustainable soil stabilization in an environmentally friendly way is recommended instead of applying known conventional methods such as pure cementing or excavation and a single replacement of soils. Substitution of conventional material (cement) and primary raw material (lime) with secondary raw material (waste and byproducts from industries) corresponds to the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, preserves resources, saves energy, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Besides traditional material usage, soil stabilization is achievable through various secondary raw materials (listed according to their groups and subgroups): 1. thermally treated waste products: 1.1. ashes from agriculture production; 1.2. ashes from energy production; 1.3. ashes from various manufacturing; 1.4. ashes from waste processing; 1.5. high carbon content pyrolysis products; 2. untreated waste and new products made from secondary raw materials: 2.1. waste from municipal waste biological treatment and landfills; 2.2. waste from industries; 3. new products made from secondary raw materials: 3.1. composite materials. Efficient solutions in environmental engineering may eliminate excessive amounts of waste and support innovation in the circular economy for sustainable future.

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“…While such campaigns look like these would turn our society on the way to go green, social and cultural change in cities generates more complex challenges for environmental sustainability [24][25][26]. By changing the linear economy into a circular economy, the circular economy actually changes many other basic elements in our economic system as well [7,27,28]. For example, the changed urban metabolism derived from the projection of circular economy policies will result in the change of supply chain in the business model, which, inevitably, will drive some pros and cons to various economic sectors [29][30][31][32].…”

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Match Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability: Re-investigating Circular Economy Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2021

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The concept of circular economy (CE) offers an innovative and systematical approach to address a number of urban sustainability issues, via exploring symbiotic ways to design circular urban systems and optimizing the materials and energy metabolism of cities, so as to mitigate environmental footprints. Urban sustainability is highlighted as a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by United Nations; hence, in nature, circular economy could offer a number of solutions towards SDGs in urban scope. As trade-offs, circular economy also potentially causes negative impacts to business-asusual scenario, which is easily to be ignored. To highlight this scientific issue, this paper identified and matched the role of circular economy in realizing 17 SDGs in urban scope. How circular economy strategy could potentially affect the SDGs, whether positive or negative, were comprehensively evaluated. We expect such findings could support an equilibrium decision-making on circular economy promotion in cities, rather than an optimum solution to a single target under the triple bottom line of sustainability.

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“…Similar trends have been incorporated at micro-level where corporate sustainability and CE have been connected. For example, Dantas et al [41] showed that the circular business model is directly associated with SDGs, e.g., 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13. Furthermore, Ferasso et al [42] described many case studies where firms adopted CE practices in the context of sustainability.…”

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Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions

2021

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The concepts of circular economy (CE) and sustainability (S) have lately gained momentum among scholars, theorists, academics, and practitioners. Although these concepts are considered necessary to solve many of the existing global environmental and social challenges (e.g., climate change, nature conservation and social equity), it seems there is no consistency relating to their content. Some scholars consider these two concepts identical, while others contemplate them as different. Several theoretical approaches have been presented to clarify the content of these two concepts and to provide effective ways to solve the social and environmental problems. The goal of this paper is to examine the existing literature regarding the content of CE and S based on a triple-level analysis (micro, meso, and macro level) across different scientific fields: economic/management and engineering/natural science. Our findings show many theoretical approaches with several relationships, similarities, and differences among CE and S at the micro, meso, and macro-levels within engineering and management scientific fields. Based on these findings, a future research agenda on CE and S is also proposed. Keywords Circular business model . Sustainable business model . Corporate Social Responsibility and circular economy . Circular corporate accounting . Corporate reporting and circular economy . Environmental engineering and firms . Wastewater and circular economy . Reuse and firms . Recycle and firms . Industrial ecology and circular economy . Industrial symbiosis and circular economy . Industrial metabolism . Eco-clusters and circular economy . Eco-industrial park . Circular economy and 17 SDGs

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How the combination of Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 can contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Cited by 447 publications

References 94 publications

Towards Sustainable Soil Stabilization in Peatlands: Secondary Raw Materials as an Alternative

Towards Sustainable Soil Stabilization in Peatlands: Secondary Raw Materials as an Alternative

Match Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability: Re-investigating Circular Economy Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Circular Economy and Sustainability: the Past, the Present and the Future Directions

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