A review on citric acid as green modifying agent and binder for wood

SH Lee, P Md Tahir, WC Lum, LP Tan, P Bawon… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Citric acid (CA) can be found naturally in fruits and vegetables, particularly citrus fruit. CA is
widely used in many fields but its usage as a green modifying agent and binder for wood is …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards

M Maeder, M Fröhling - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2024 - Elsevier
Recycled content standards (RCSs) are an increasingly popular regulatory policy instrument
requiring recycled materials in new products, thus aiming to close material loops. Public …

[HTML][HTML] Policies for transitioning towards a circular economy: Expectations from the European Union (EU)

K Hartley, R van Santen, J Kirchherr - Resources, conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The circular economy is a much discussed pathway towards sustainability. While some
scholarly work has been carried out on barriers towards a circular economy, there are …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

Towards a circular economy taxation framework: Expectations and challenges of implementation

L Milios - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
The transition to a circular economy is a complex process requiring wide multi-level and
multi-stakeholder engagement and can be facilitated by appropriate policy interventions …

Toward circular economy: The impact of policy instruments on circular economy innovation for European small medium enterprises

Q Ren, J Albrecht - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition from current linear economy toward a circular economy (CE) needs the
adoption and diffusion of circular economy innovation (CEI). However, the rate and direction …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy policies and their transformative outcomes: The transformative intent of Finland's strategic policy programme

D Lazarevic, H Salo, P Kautto - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper analyses how Finland's circular economy policy attends not only to the promotion
and acceleration of innovation, but also the reconfiguration of resource intensive systems …

[HTML][HTML] Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses

H Roberts, L Milios, O Mont, C Dalhammar - Sustainable Production and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The practice of product destruction, whereby retailers or manufacturers dispose of viable
consumer products such as unsold goods or customer returns, is an extreme expression of …

Towards circular economy—A comparative analysis of the countries of the European Union

E Mazur-Wierzbicka - Resources, 2021 - mdpi.com
There are many studies which implement and assess existing measurement manners and
document the progress of entities towards the circular economy (CE) at various levels, or …

Synergizing policies for carbon reduction, energy transition and pollution control: Evidence from Chinese power generation industry

YJ Hu, R Zhang, H Wang, C Li, BJ Tang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
To mitigate climate change and achieve sustainable development, Chinese governments
have introduced “1+ N”“dual-carbon” policy system aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions …