"This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in today's business and society. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of expert thinkers, this volume assesses the existing approaches, strategies and tools which facilitate socially and environmentally responsible production and consumption systems. It then goes on to highlight the ways in which the circular economy conceptual framework could be implemented effectively at both micro (product policy) and macro (sustainable consumption) levels in order to alter the industrial landscape and increase its interconnectedness with materials and scarce resources. Highlighting the pros and cons of transitioning to this new model, the book also cautions that it will only be made possiblevia significant behavior change at both industry and consumer levels. Sustainable Products in the Circular Economy will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable manufacturing, sustainable consumption, corporate social responsibility and business ethics. It will also be relevant to industry professionals whose work dovetails with these areas"--
This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in todays business and society.
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1 Characteristics of sustainable products |
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2 Challenges of eco-design of integrated products |
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3 Verification of Circular Economy solutions and sustainability of products with Life Cycle Assessment |
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4 Significance and adjustment of environmental certification schemes in the Circular Economy |
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5 Impact of environmental labelling upon popularisation of the Circular Economy |
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6 Interrelationship between sustainable manufacturing and Circular Economy in the building sector |
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7 Enablers and barriers in the transition to circular business models: investigating the critical success factors for the tipping and break-even point |
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8 Costs and benefits of transition towards a circular business model |
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9 Utilisation of digitalisation in sustainable manufacturing and the Circular Economy |
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10 Assessing sustainability across circular inter-firm networks: insights from academia and practice |
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11 Deliberation as a tool in cooperation with stakeholders in companies deploying the Circular Economy based on the example of Unimetal Recycling Sp. z o.o. |
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12 Circular models for sustainable supply chain management |
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13 Determinants of consumer behaviour -- towards sustainable consumption |
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14 Characteristics of sustainable consumption from an economic perspective |
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15 The role of universities in development of the Circular Economy |
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16 Resilience of the Circular Economy |
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Magdalena Wojnarowska is an Assistant professor at the Department of Technology and Ecology of Products at the University of Economics in Krakow, Poland.
Marek wiklicki is a Professor of Business Studies and Public Management and Head of Chair for Management of Public Organisations at the Cracow University of Economics, Poland.
Carlo Ingrao is a Researcher at the Department of Engineering of University of Messina, Italy.
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