Industrial ecology and circular economy is a peer-reviewed book series that focuses on
different disciplinary approaches to waste management, sustainable practices & strategies …

How the marriage of Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy can radically transform waste
management—and our world Do we really have to make a choice between a wasteless and …

The world's environmental quality is under severe threat because it continues to serve as a
sink to receive contaminants from a wide range of sectors, from forest wastes to …

A circular economy is expected to reduce the use of primary resources through the reuse of
products, components, and materials. Material recycling, though advantageous in many …

This white paper presents 10 insights into the circular economy from the field of industrial
ecology. Industrial ecology is a scientific field that takes a systems perspective to explore the …

This paper reviews the role of conventional waste-to-energy, ie incineration of (mainly)
municipal solid waste with energy recovery, in the circular economy. It shows that, although …

We define key research questions as a stimulus to research in the area of industrial ecology.
The first group of questions addresses analytical support for green engineering and …

Several discourses on environment and sustainability are characterised by a strong
confidence in the potential of technology to address, if not solve, the ecological impacts …

In this article, we use Hirsch and Levin's notion of umbrella concepts as an analytical lens, in
order to articulate the valuable catalytic function the circular economy (CE) concept could …

Circular Economy (CE) is the buzzword of today, promising an economy able to prosper on
limited resources by closing material cycles. However, there is no guarantee that simple …