Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies

Ajwani-Ramchandani, Raji; Figueira, Sandra; Oliveira, Rui Torres de; Jha, Shishir Kumar; Ramchandani, Amit; Schuricht, Louisa

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125139

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“…For example, Calicioglu and Bogdanski (2021) claim that the links between CE and SDG have been analysed, but still, "the complete picture on this heterogeneous literature is missing". There are scientists analysing the circular economy in terms of industries and claim that CE could help to promote industries' sustainability strategies by employing new technologies (Ajwani-Ramchandani et al, 2021;Liu et al, 2021).…”

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Circular economy as assistance for sustainable development in OECD countries

Skvarciany

Lapinskaitė

Volskytė

2021

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Research background: Circular economy is of great importance, as it plays a vital role in ensuring the reuse of waste created and, therefore, reduces the waste of limited resources, which is the primary goal of the general economic concept. In line with the circular economy, sustainable development gains great attention, as the United Nations announced the sustainable development goals that should be reached by 2030. Hence, the current paper aims at examining whether the circular economy could be treated as an effective assistance tool for sustainable development of OECD countries. Purpose of the article: The paper aims to investigate whether the circular economy could serve as an assistance tool for sustainable development and, therefore, seeks to determine if the circular economy could directly impact a country?s sustainable development. Methods: First, the countries chosen were prioritised using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) methodologies. AHP method was used for weight assignment to the circular economy indicators that were further used for OECD countries? prioritisation procedure for which multi-criteria decision-making method EDAS was employed. Second, to reveal a link between the circular economy ranking results and sustainable development, a comparative analysis was done. Third, the impact of the country?s circular economy on sustainable development was evaluated using the fixed-effect regression model on four years of panel data from 2016 to 2019 for the sample of 32 OECD countries. Findings & value-added: The comparative analysis of the circular economy?s prioritisation results and Sustainable Development Goals Index (SDGI) ranking showed 20 out of 32 matches, assuming a link between the circular economy and sustainable development could be made. The fixed-effect regression equation results demonstrate that the unemployment rate, poverty rate, air pollution exposure, and CO2 emission per capita negatively influence sustainable development. In contrast, indicators such as gross domestic expenditure on R&D, renewable energy, number of passenger cars in use, and households with Internet access positively impact SDGI. The hypothesis that the circular economy is seen as an assistance for sustainable development and directly affects a country?s sustainability was approved. The paper contributes to the scientific literature in the field of circular economy and sustainable development interaction and could be seen as an assumption for new research directions, focusing on the linkage between circular economy and sustainable development. Moreover, the obtained results could contribute to a country?s policy-makers by highlighting the essential indicators of a circular economy that should be considered while forming the strategy of a country?s sustainable development.

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Circular economy as assistance for sustainable development in OECD countries

Skvarciany

Lapinskaitė

Volskytė

2021

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“…Also, the cause and effect relationship of these barriers could be established. Ramchandani et al (2020) investigated packaging waste by using new technologies to move towards CE in large multinational emerging economies. The authors developed a framework with the application of blockchain and artificial intelligence for fast-moving consumer goods packaging.…”

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Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization

Agrawal

Wankhede

Kumar

et al. 2021

IJPPM

177

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PurposeThis study aims to conduct a comprehensive review and network-based analysis by exploring future research directions in the nexus of circular economy (CE) and sustainable business performance (SBP) in the context of digitalization.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review methodology was adopted to present the review in the field of CE and SBP in the era of digitalization. WOS and SCOPUS databases were considered in the study to identify and select the articles. The bibliometric study was carried out to analyze the significant contributions made by authors, various journal sources, countries and different universities in the field of CE and SBP in the era of digitalization. Further, network analysis is carried out to analyze the collaboration among authors from different countries.FindingsThe study revealed that digitalization could be a great help in developing sustainable circular products. Moreover, the customers' involvement is necessary for creating innovative sustainable circular products using digitalization. A move toward the product-service system was suggested to accelerate the transformation toward CE and digitalization.Originality/valueThe paper discusses digitalization and CE practices' adoption to enhance the SP of the firms. This work's unique contribution is the systematic literature analysis and bibliometric study to explore future research directions in the nexus of CE and SP in the context of digitalization. The present study has been one of the first efforts to examine the literature of CE and SBP integration from a digitalization perspective along with bibliometric analysis.

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“…For the e-commerce consumer, what is important is the purchased goods retrieved in excellent quality, however, the circumstances of bizarre e-commerce packaging delivering the goods are regularly found [13]. The large packaging box often contains just one or two small items and a lot of filler material is reported frustrating customers because of the packaging inefficiency and wastefulness [14] [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring The Emerging Trends of Reusable Shipping Packaging for E-Commerce

Baskoro

2020

JISA

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The rapid growth of e-commerce in terms of transaction volume and value has raised environmental concerns because of the potential for packaging waste it generates. Single-use shipping packages often result in piles of waste from cardboard, plastic and seal tape after the product is received by consumers. On the other hand, the customers of e-commerce products are also reported to be uncomfortable with shipping packaging which is often considered excessive. This problem gave birth to an innovative solution in the form of reusable shipping packaging for e-commerce product. This solution certainly considered interesting and promising, nevertheless, the scientific studies that address this issue are still limited. Therefore, this study aims to explore e-commerce shipping packaging, particularly in terms of its identifying attributes and seeking possible patterns. The findings are discussed using a descriptive analysis approach. As a result, it is found that several companies have launched products and services related to reusable e-commerce shipping packaging, and there are indications of certain patterns that are interrelated between these packaging attributes. This study hopes to contribute to the academic literature in the field of e-commerce reusable packaging, which is considered still in the infancy period.

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Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies

Cited by 116 publications

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Circular economy as assistance for sustainable development in OECD countries

Circular economy as assistance for sustainable development in OECD countries

Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization

Exploring The Emerging Trends of Reusable Shipping Packaging for E-Commerce

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