Abstract Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy principle
conceived for the incorporation of total product life-cycle (PLC) costs into production and …

More and more, waste generated in most parts of the Western world has been recycled and
transformed into new circularity products. However, managing waste within Sub-Saharan …

Rare earth metals (REM) have applications in multitudinous fields such as the medicinal
industry, nuclear technology, and agricultural implementations. Recently, this has caused …

The growing dependence of society on rare-earth elements poses a challenge to achieving
a just low-carbon transition globally. While circular economy strategies have gained …

The circular business model (CBM) is one of the main building blocks of circular economy
(CE), and recycling is one of the main strategies for achieving it. CBM literature is currently …

This study aimed to investigate the readiness of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector in
one of the developing countries to implement circular economy (CE) practices, which involve …

The extensive deployment of photovoltaic (PV) modules at an expeditious rate worldwide
leads to a massive generation of solar waste (60–78 million tonnes by 2050). A stringent …

This study elucidates the emerging concept of “friend-shoring,” a strategy anchored in
fortifying supply chains through political and strategic alignment. Central to our investigation …

To comply with a circular economy (CE) and gain significant financial, environmental, and
societal benefits, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) tend to adopt circular strategies …

Global scenarios in line with Paris Agreement climate goals would increase deployment of
low-carbon technologies that contain significant amounts of critical raw materials (CRMs) …