The role of anthropogenic resource classification in supporting the transition to a circular economy

Winterstetter, Andrea; Heuss‐Aßbichler, Soraya; Stegemann, Jürgen; Kral, Ulrich; Wäger, Patrick; Osmani, Mohamed; Rechberger, Helmut

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126753

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“…Resourcification is usually pragmatic because it must build on what already exists in terms of available biotic entities, tangible materials, and intangibles factors, such as aesthetics and culture. Uncompromised access is pivotal (Dewulf et al, 2021), for example, to sites of anthropogenic resources such as old landfills, buildings, as well as stocks of accumulated goods (Winterstetter et al, 2021).…”

Section: Modesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development

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Hultman

Jerneck

et al. 2021

Sustainable Development

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Overuse of resources is accelerating current negative trends in climate change, ecosystem destruction, and biodiversity loss. The ultimate outcome is that contemporary human society is reaching or exceeding the limits of planetary boundaries. It is therefore imperative to articulate a new theoretical understanding of resources and the ethical, political, and environmental conditions of their use. In this article, we take a radical departure from treating resources as having fixed, essential and ready to exploit qualities, and offer a non-essentialist theory that considers that resources come into being as a result of social processes. We label this approach resourcification. This shift offers a new theoretical platform for developing a postsustainability understanding of the relationships of humans to humans, to other living creatures, and to the physical environment, one that is more suited to meeting the challenges of working with the sustainable development goals in the Anthropocene.

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Section: Modesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development

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Hultman

Jerneck

et al. 2021

Sustainable Development

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“…Specifically, the vision of the European Union for the Circular Economy focuses on minimizing emissions, waste, and resource usage and maintaining product value, while the action program comprises measures covering the thorough product life cycle. Finally, recovered materials are re‐entered into manufacturing to alternate virginal materials (Winterstetter et al, 2021). Extended producer responsibility policies are a key driver of resource recovery as they hold manufacturers directly responsible for dealing with their products.…”

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“…Ozkan‐Ozen et al (2020) stated that the varying business models within the CSC cause firms to struggle with the increased complexity within this shift. The re‐entry of recycled materials may result in the retention of detrimental substances in the manufacturing life cycle and the aggregation and uncontrollable dispersal of dangerous materials in natural environments (Winterstetter et al, 2021).…”

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Building a data‐driven circular supply chain hierarchical structure: Resource recovery implementation drives circular business strategy

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The circular supply chain has recently received more attention as a relevant solution to effectively tackle environmental issues while simultaneously achieving resource recovery and circular business strategy benefits. This study builds a hierarchical circular supply chain structure from big data including qualitative and quantitative information. This study uses data-driven analysis to clarify circular supply chain trends and opportunities in practice. A valid hierarchical circular supply chain structure is composed of a big dataset. However, the attributes of the hierarchical circular supply chain structure must be explored to identify the opportunities and challenges of the circular supply chain. A combination of data-driven content and cluster analysis, including the fuzzy Delphi method, fuzzy decision-making trials, evaluation laboratories, and the entropy weight method, is utilized to address this gap. The study analyzes a set of five attributes from the literature, and 23 criteria are validated. The results show that resource recovery implementation, Industry 4.0 and digitalization, and reverse supply chain practice pertain to the causal group, while circular business strategy and life cycle sustainability assessment are included in the effect group. The conclusive criteria comprise material efficiency, waste-to-energy, machine learning, e-waste, plastic recycling, and artificial intelligence. K E Y W O R D S circular business strategy, circular supply chain, data-driven analysis, Industry 4.0 and digitalization, resource recovery, reverse supply chain 1 | INTRODUCTION Resource paucity, biodiversity inadequacy, climate change, and other forms of environmental adversity underscore the need for firms to use fewer resources and identify cleaner production techniques. In this context, attention to the circular supply chain (CSC) concept is intensifying (Rweyendela & Kombe, 2021). The CSC concept offers sustainable advantages by separating value formation from resource usage, leading to lower resource consumption and higher economic value acquisition from waste flows (Bressanelli et al., 2021;Tseng, Tran, et al., 2021). Numerous studies have employed CSC principles to enhance resource efficiency by expanding the lifetime usage of a resource via a resource recovery procedure and improving the number of resources consumed along with the waste created (Krishnan et al., 2020;Munir et al., 2021). However, CSC initiation still involves an array of difficulties and complexities such as the diversification of the performance metrics of various opportunities and challenges in Abbreviations: CSC, circular supply chain; FDM, fuzzy Delphi method; FDEMATEL, fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory; EWM, entropy weight method.

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“…As affirmed by (7) , many countries in defining critical infrastructure include in the definition a reference to that nation. Other countries have specifically included the national component in the term itself (e.g.…”

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Policy Compliance Standards for Underground Fiber Cable Deployment and Post-Deployment Protection

Nyarko-Boateng¹,

Adekoya²,

Weyori³

et al. 2021

IJST

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The general utilization of telecommunication services and the value users place on communication networks has grown exponentially in the past few decades. The dependence on telecommunication networks has become an essential factor in how people survive during a national or global crisis. Telecommunication network infrastructures such as cables, satellites, and cellular towers play an indispensable role in maintaining society's stability worldwide when there is a major crisis. Therefore, the protection of these telecommunication assets is critical. However, there have not been any measures to protect these vital infrastructures. This colossal gap prompted the authors to write this paper. The paper is a policy framework designed as a regulatory compliance document to guide the stakeholders in ensuring the underground fiber cable is fully protected. Additionally, the paper gave a direction on how the monitoring agencies can enact laws to make the active fiber cable a critical national infrastructure. There have been a series of underground fiber cable cuts in Ghana and other low-income countries. However, the available policies are not stringent enough to prevent individuals and contractors from activities that may lead to the destruction of underground cables. Based on the lapses identified in the regulatory standards, we proposed a comprehensive policy and regulatory measures to be implemented by the mobile network operators (MNOs) and the state regulatory institutions. This paper touched on regulatory measures to protect the underground fiber cables before, during and deployment. The post-deployment management of the underground fiber cable is critical in ensuring high network performance, reliability and availablibity. The policy plan proposed in this paper has been divided into various sections to make it more convenient for reading and referencing. The paper's novelty is the scope of work done by designing and formulating policies as guiding measures to control and mitigate the frequent fiber cable cuts.

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The role of anthropogenic resource classification in supporting the transition to a circular economy

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development

Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development

Building a data‐driven circular supply chain hierarchical structure: Resource recovery implementation drives circular business strategy

Policy Compliance Standards for Underground Fiber Cable Deployment and Post-Deployment Protection

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