The ship recycling sector has been essential in Bangladesh's economic growth over the past few decades. It provides both resources and employment opportunities. However, health and safety concerns have become an issue over time. Hence, this paper presents a survey on occupational health and...

Circular economy has been a rapidly growing interest in the manufacturing industry. The concept of 4D printing-enabled active disassemblyis touted as a non-destructive approach with less to no human intervention, which allows multiple elements to be disassembled simultaneously with fewer...

We consider households decision of whether to recycle within a theoretical framework that allows for the inclusion of social and moral motivations and analyze how unit pricing and mandatory recycling a⁄ect the equilibrium in terms of whether and, in the presence of heterogenous households, the...

This paper analyzes per capita municipal solid waste data by distinguishing between recovered (recycling and composting) and unrecovered waste for a sample of 14 OECD countries. To that end, we employ a method that allows us to estimate the elasticities of these two variables with respect to per...

Recycling of raw material can make a significant contribution to achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Carbon pricing can encourage material recycling by making it more competitive with waste incineration and primary material production. However, accounting for the interactions among different...

The term ‘strategic autonomy’ denotes the political goal of building a self-reliant EU economy with limited exposure to supply disruptions, like those stemming from the Covid-19 crisis. Securing access to the non-energy minerals required for building a new industrial ecosystem consistent...

This contribution features the submission of one of the most important sustainability keywords to Springer's Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. It provides a definition and an introduction to the circular economy (CE). It describes key policies and regulatory interventions that are meant to...

The concept of the circular economy (CE) has gained increasing attention as a means to achieve environmental sustainability and economic growth at the same time. This study examines the role of corporate governance (CG) mechanisms in promoting CE strategies among non-financial listed companies,...

The tourism sector makes an unquestionable contribution in terms of GDP growth and regional employment. However, this positive impact on economic development has not been without costs, especially in environmental terms. In this regard, the circular economy is seen as a paradigm capable of...

Individual pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours are determinant for long-term sustainability. We assessed profiles of an exclusive sample of 1,351 households in the municipality of Gijón, Spain, in terms of their water consumption and recycling patterns using Latent Class Analysis (LCA)....