[HTML][HTML] Sustainability governance and contested plastic food packaging–An integrative review

H Sundqvist-Andberg, M Åkerman - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on an integrative literature review, this article investigates the reasons for the
difficulties in governing sustainability of plastic food packaging. By integrating the results …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-technical imaginaries of a circular economy in governmental discourse and among science, technology, and innovation actors: A Norwegian case study

RR Hermann, M Pansera, LA Nogueira… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
A growing body of research is investigating the connections between the discursive
construction of circular economy (CE) and its influences on public policies that promote the …

[HTML][HTML] The interrupting capacities of knowledge co-production experiments: A sociology of testing approach

H Valve, D Lazarevic, S Hyysalo, J Lukkarinen… - … Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge co-production is increasingly referred to as a means to reorganise
expert work and generate policy support. Co-production processes bring together diverse …

[HTML][HTML] When the circular economy diverges: The co-evolution of biogas business models and material circuits in Finland

H Valve, D Lazarevic, N Humalisto - Ecological economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The circular economy operates as an umbrella concept for attempts to find sustainable
alternatives to linear 'take-make-dispose'production and consumption systems. Making a …

[HTML][HTML] Catalyzing the circular economy of critical resources in a national system: Case study on drivers, barriers, and actors in nutrient recycling

L Aarikka-Stenroos, M Kokko, EL Pohls - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Cycling of nutrients, such as phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N), is essential for all life:
Nutrients are crucial for securing societies' food systems and valuable raw materials for …

[HTML][HTML] Repair for a broken economy: lessons for circular economy from an international interview study of repairers

J Niskanen, D McLaren, J Anshelm - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The idea of replacing the broken linear economy with circular forms to help address the
current sustainability crisis is gaining world-wide traction in policy, industry, and academia …

[HTML][HTML] The circular economy futures in the making: transformativity and object ontologies in food waste practices in Finnish households, supermarkets and biogas …

T Lehtokunnas - Futures, 2023 - Elsevier
This article examines how food waste practices in households, supermarkets and biogas
plants contribute to enacting potential circular economy (CE) futures. The article is based on …

[HTML][HTML] The (missing) social aspect of the circular economy: a review of social scientific articles

S Zavos, T Lehtokunnas, O Pyyhtinen - Sustainable Earth Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Academic research on the Circular Economy has been proliferating at an unprecedented
pace during the last decade. However, scholarly work on the topic is dominated by a focus …

Combinatorial perspective on ideas, concepts, and policy change

EJ Nylén, A Jokinen - Environmental Politics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of environmental policy is increasingly driven by the emergence and
interaction of policy concepts and the frameworks, knowledge, and ideas they employ. We …

Biowaste as fluid matter: valuing biogas and biofertilisers as assets in the Finnish biogas sector

T Lehtokunnas, O Pyyhtinen - Journal of Cultural Economy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we examine the effort of turning biowaste into an asset in the everyday
practices of Finnish biogas plants. Drawing from social scientific waste studies as well as …