The paper analyses commodity taxation in an economy where a good can be recycled. Consumers deliver units of a used good to a reuse operator, who sells the good in a second-hand market after some processing. Two regimes are considered. One is a pure market setting where the reuse operator pays...

The expansion of the textile industry and consumer trends have led to a rapid global increase in textile waste in the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream. Worldwide, 75% of textile waste is landfilled, while 25% is recycled or reused. Landfilling textile waste is a prevalent option that is...

This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent data on recycling rates in the United States and across all OECD countries. The OECD data suggest the average aggregate recycling rate across member countries appears to have...

Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...

Tackling environmental pollution requires a permanent change in regular, repeated behavior of households. Bringing about change in such behavior may require interventions that are not limited to a single point in time, yet little evidence exists on how frequently we need to target households to...

This paper develops a novel analytical framework to study how firms should design a product by choosing its recyclability and price in markets where consumers care for the environment and make not only purchase but also disposal decisions when the product reaches end-of-life. Under a linear...

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...

Recycling waste from used goods can substitute for scarce raw materials and reduce resource dependence. This paper presents a model of waste collection, recycling and final goods production using raw and recycled materials. Non-recycled waste must be safely stored by landfill to avoid...

To ensure development sustainability, the linear economic approach is being transformed into a cyclical model. For the pulp and paper industry (PPI), which occupies a significant place in the Russian economy, the shift of circular principles to the field of bioeconomics is becoming more...

Currently, to ensure the sustainable development of any economy, a very important role is represented by the transition to the circular economy, which manifests itself differently by sectors and types of products. Considering the need to expand the circular economy, a special role is played by...

In the debate on international waste trade, the focus on resource efficiency and recycling has gradually begun to accompany the focus on negative environmental externalities. In this context, we examine the impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on the export of waste batteries (WB)....

Sustainability management requires differentiated information on the environmental and economic consequences of material demand's increasing and decreasing factors. Material flow cost accounting fails to provide this information due to the common undifferentiated determination of realized costs...

This study explores the intersection between circular economy (CE) and international trade (IT), highlighting the potential of trade policies and instruments to promote CE on a global scale. The text addresses, directly or indirectly, four fundamental questions: how CE promotes IT, how IT...

Ressourcenverbrauchs zu verhindern, und sie kann eine Lösung für die massive Abhängigkeit von Rohstoffen aus anderen Ländern sein. Die EU hat seit dem Start ihres Aktionsplans für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft im Jahr 2015 mehrere Maßnahmen dafür vorgeschlagen, darunter eine Initiative, die...

This Discussion Paper is predicated on the assumption that solid waste (SW) is paramount for individuals, urban communities, and the natural environment. Furthermore, it is proposed that SW can be regarded as a resource with economic value throughout its life cycle rather than merely an object...

The paper analyses commodity taxation in an economy where a good can be recycled. Consumers deliver units of a used good to a reuse operator, who sells the good in a second-hand market after some processing. Two regimes are considered. One is a pure market setting where the reuse operator pays...

Das Projekt "E-Akteur" untersuchte zentrale rechtliche, ökonomische und soziale Aspekte des End-of-Life-Managements von Elektrofahrzeugbatterien im Kontext einer zirkulären Wertschöpfung. Analysiert wurden Akteursrollen entlang der Batterie-Wertschöpfungskette, insbesondere bislang wenig...

The textile and apparel industries have experienced the arrival of the sustainable fashion revolution, which symbolizes a significant switch towards improving green innovations and lessening environmental effects. As industries highlight sustainability through eco-friendly apparel merchandising...

Optimising resource efficiency is essential for sustainable product lifecycle management (PLM). This motivates the use of novel methodologies such as sustainable design, circular economy concepts, and causal machine learning algorithms. This study focuses on repair as one of the circular economy...

This article examines the concept of eco-innovation (EI) and its role in achieving sustainable economic growth by integrating environmental and social considerations. It focuses on identifying key practices and relationships that promote EI in supply chains through multi-stakeholder...

The increasing environmental pressures on businesses have driven a global shift toward sustainability, particularly within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the growing adoption of open innovation and circular economy (CE) practices, a gap remains in understanding how open...

The research focuses on the challenges and factors influencing the development of circular waste management business models (CWMBM) in Indonesia, highlighting the reliance on landfills and the need for a transition towards more sustainable practices. Previous studies showing the relationship...

This article examines the relationship between implementing sustainable development measures and financial risk in the context of global companies and the recycling economy. This study uses statistics from Forbes, TIME, and Statista on 50 global companies that actively embrace sustainable...