This book will highlight the role of CE in the sustainability field as it is expressed in the various fields and disciplines and its contribution to building a sustainable society by providing a better understanding of the relevant social and cultural structures and the need for cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills. Such an integrated approach which combines the concept of sustainability in the engineering field to create a CE, has not yet been presented in detail in the published literature, and there are only scattered studies covering only small parts of this holistic approach. Hence, this book will represent a single reference that will provide summarized information and state-of-the-art knowledge on this topic of the future. The book will include chapters showcasing/investigating the relation between circular economy principles and their realization in different engineering fields. This includes theoretical justification, research studies and full-scale case studies. The approach focuses on two distinct levels: macro and micro, on both production and consumption sides.
Chapter 1. The Circular Economy concept: A new or an old, refreshed
concept?.
Chapter 2. The Circular Economy Design and Energy Innovation for
Industries in 2060.
Chapter 3. The contribution of implementing Circular
economy to the sustainable development goals: Findings from a case study.-
Chapter
4. Skills and jobs in demand for the circular economy.
Chapter
5. Sustainable Business through Circularity: A Practical Framework for Small-
and Medium-sized Enterprises in Europe.
Chapter
6. Sustainable Fashion and
Circular Economy: Historical Trends and Future Orientations.
Chapter
7. The
role of Logistics in the Circular Economy: An incompatible or inevitable
synergy.
Chapter
8. Analysing Circular Economy using Circularity Metrics in
Europe: Towards a Sustainable Development.
Chapter
9. The role of
engineering design methodologies for new circular business models: A
sustainable finance challenge.
Chapter
10. Unravelling transition pathways
(1): Conceptually clarifying the construct of events.
Chapter
11.
Unravelling transition pathways (2): Conceptually clarifying the construct of
patterns.
Chapter
12. Acting Innovation through Efficient Solutions for a
Sustainable Future.
Chapter
13. Population growth, consumption,
technological innovation and environmental sustainability.
Chapter
14. A
review of social challenges of green hydrogen economy and its realization
towards sustainable development goals.
Chapter
15. Creating Systematic
Change: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Circular Economy.
Chapter
16.
Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment- A necessary nexus for
implementing circular economy principles and accomplishing sustainable
development goals.
Chapter
17. An integrated Lifecycle Sustainability
Assessment framework for product lifecycle-oriented decision making.
Chapter
18. Digital Technology and Acceleration of the Circular Economy.
Chapter
19.
Blockchain Technology Toward a Circular Economy: A Future Paradigm.
Chapter
20. Segregations in sustainability-oriented policy framework as circular
economy stumbling stones: Waste recovery suitability analysis and critical
review of the EU legislation.
Chapter
21. Applying Circular Economy paradigm
for preventing marine plastic pollution in Kenya: Opportunities and
challenges.
Chapter
22. Use of Agricultural Wastes for Developing
Planet-friendly Biodegradable Packaging.
Chapter
23. The Role of Biochar in
the Era of Ecological Sustainability.
Chapter
24. Environmentally sound
recycling of e-waste: A sustainable method toward a more resource-efficient
circular economy.
Chapter
25. Waste Management for the Recovery of
Agricultural Nutrients: A Case Study of Ethanol Vinasse.
Chapter
26.
Lithium-ion battery processes from a Circular Economy point of view.
Chapter
27. Recovery of raw materials and obtaining functional carbonaceous materials
from the circular economy of organic waste.
Chapter
28. A Comparative Review
of Environmental Impact of Menstrual Waste Management in Indian & Global
Scenario with a focus upon Single Use Conventional Sanitary Products.-
Chapter
29. Industrial Symbiosis: A Suggested Example for Wastewater Reuse.-
Chapter
30. Public participation of small-scale farmers to advance the
sustainability of Payments for Ecosystem Services: a case study in a
Brazilian watershed.
Chapter
31. The sustainable school. Humankind can grow
in a Circular Environment. Which is the challenge of circular education for a
change in future generations?.
Chapter
32. Recent Developments of 3R
Activities in Indonesia.
Chapter
33. How power dynamics influence the
transition towards a circular flexible packaging value chain in Jakarta.-
Chapter
34. Fast Fashion and Circular Economy: Insights from Corporate Social
Responsibility Report Evaluation.
Chapter
35. Cleaner Production in
Multivariate Supply Chain Networks: Sustainable Business Future through a
Roll of Dice.
Chapter
36. Rethinking Economic growth, full employment and
decent work in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: The means and ends in
SDG 8.
Chapter
37. Doughnut Cities: Businesses as Enablers for Nature-Based
Solutions and Net-Zero Transitions.
Chapter
38. Exploring the Nexus between
Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Towards a Sustainable and Circular Bioeconomy
Enabled by Innovation.
Alexandros I. Stefanakis is an Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. He is the elected President of the International Ecological Engineering Society. His expertise lies in ecological engineering and technology, specifically in nature-based solutions for sustainable water and wastewater management. He is known as an expert and enthusiast of the green technology of constructed wetlands. He studies and investigates the role of nature-based solutions in a circular water economy.
Ioannis E. Nikolaou is an Associate Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Performance in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His current work focuses on linking knowledge-based views of firms with corporate environmental management and engineering, circular business models, as well as developing essential system dynamic models to explain strategic alliances of firms to face contemporary environmental challenges.
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