Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture

T Hofmann, S Ghoshal, N Tufenkji… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Plastics have become an integral component in agricultural production as mulch films, nets,
storage bins and in many other applications, but their widespread use has led to the …

Designing a tri-objective, sustainable, closed-loop, and multi-echelon supply chain during the COVID-19 and lockdowns

S Abbasi, M Daneshmand-Mehr… - Foundations of Computing …, 2023 - sciendo.com
This paper proposes a mathematical model of Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply Chain
Networks (SCLSCNs). When an outbreak occurs, environmental, economic, and social …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainable supply chain of CO2 emissions during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

M Daneshmand-Mehr, A Ghane Kanafi - Journal of Industrial …, 2021 - jiei.stb.iau.ir
This investigation aims to demonstrate an application mathematical model of the sustainable
closed-loop supply chain network (SCLSCN) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of plastic waste and energy recovery

A Vlasopoulos, J Malinauskaite, A Żabnieńska-Góra… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics are essential in our economy and everyday life. However, plastic pollution is a
global concern. To address this issue, the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular …

The use and recycling of agricultural plastic mulch in China: A review

H Yang, Z Hu, F Wu, K Guo, F Gu, M Cao - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of plastic film for mulching cultivation is an important agricultural production
technology, which plays an important role in achieving agricultural yield increase and …

A customized multi-cycle model for measuring the sustainability of circular pathways in agri-food supply chains

T Stillitano, G Falcone, N Iofrida, E Spada… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) is claimed to be a promising pathway to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), but a reliable metric is needed to validate closed-loop …

Pyrolysis of all layers of surgical mask waste as a mixture and its life-cycle assessment

S Yousef, J Eimontas, I Stasiulaitiene… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of the waste generated from surgical masks waste (WMs) consists of three layers made
of conventional nonwoven fabric (upper and lower layers) and a molten blown …

Empowering the transition towards a circular economy through empirically-driven research: past, present, and future

A Genovese, B Ponte, S Cannella… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this introductory paper, we discuss the importance of empirically-driven research in the
area of sustainable production and distribution systems in order to accelerate the transition …

Life cycle and circularity metrics to measure the sustainability of closed-loop agri-food pathways

G Falcone, T Stillitano, N Iofrida, E Spada… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This work aims to present a methodological proposal based on Life Cycle (LC)
methodologies, and circularity performance indicators, to assess closed-loop pathways by …

[HTML][HTML] Supply chain network design concerning economy and environmental sustainability: Crisis perspective

S Abbasi, S Abbaspour, MEN Siahkoohi, MY Sorkhi… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a GSCND that combines environmental, energy, and economic
sustainability aspects of the crisis. Global SCs have been disrupted by the epidemic …