Research

Circular Economy for Sustainable Development

28/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
This background report seeks to provide a condensed package on the circular economy; the concept, its history, potentials, business opportunities, management, and measurement.

Circular Economy Pathways for Municipal Wastewater Management in India

28/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
The water resources in urban areas are under huge pressure due to intense demand and pollution. 80% of water supply to municipalities is disposed back into the ecosystem in the form of wastewater.

Challenges of Circular Economy in Croatia

28/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
The article analyzes the most urgent steps Croatia should take if it does not want to fall behind other EU countries regarding its move towards the circular economy.

Concept and Practice of the Circular Economy

28/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
This review presents the basic concept of CE and its association with sustainable development in developed and developing countries.

Mushroom Cultivation in the Circular Economy

28/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
Applications of SMS (Spent Mushroom Substrate) to promote the transition to a circular economy.

Circular Economy and Waste to Energy

29/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
Effects that circular economy principles introduced in the European Union context will have on the thermochemical waste treatment plants design.

The Role of Resource Efficiency Towards Circular Economy

29/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
Construction and demolition waste is one of the most important waste streams generated in the EU, about 30% of all waste generated in the EU, and almost all have the potential for recycling.

The Place of Waste: Changing Business Value for the Circular Economy

29/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
Change business models to tackle sustainability issues and resolve the burden–resource tension; the focus of change is on reconceptualizing their understanding of the role of waste in the value chain.

Assessing Circularity Interventions: A Review of EEIOA-based Studies

29/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
Residual waste management, due to the disconnect between the monetary and physical value of waste flows, has been lacking a key aspect, this being EEIOA-based studies, which help create circularity.

Circular Cities: Challenges to Implementing Looping Actions

29/03/2019Sharing Cities Alliance Support
How context affects the challenges of implementing looping actions and nexus solutions in cities.