Map** of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy

MV Barros, R Salvador, AC de Francisco… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agriculture is one of the sectors that strongly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions on the
planet. In this sense, circular economy practices can be advantageous when using …

A critical review of academic approaches, methods and tools to assess circular economy at the micro level

E Roos Lindgreen, R Salomone, T Reyes - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Transitioning from the current linear economic development model to a circular economy
(CE) is a hot topic in academic literature, public governance, and the corporate domain …

Circular economy implementation in the agricultural sector: Definition, strategies and indicators

JF Velasco-Muñoz, JMF Mendoza… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current context of resource scarcity, global climate change, environmental
degradation, and increasing food demand, the circular economy (CE) represents a …

Evaluating the transition to the circular economy in the agri-food sector: Selection of indicators

S Poponi, G Arcese, F Pacchera, O Martucci - … , Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
The agri-food sector is one of the key sectors where the action is needed to ensure the
transition to a more sustainable development model in line with the principles of the circular …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy for phosphorus supply chain and its impact on social sustainable development goals

M El Wali, SR Golroudbary, A Kraslawski - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
To be able to grow crops, we have interfered with Earth's reserves of one of top three
essential elements, phosphorus (P), as to which we face a problem related to its high …

[HTML][HTML] The Activity Browser—An open source LCA software building on top of the brightway framework

B Steubing, D de Koning, A Haas, CL Mutel - Software Impacts, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Activity Browser is an open source software for advanced Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA). The Activity Browser provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to the …

Low-opportunity-cost feed can reduce land-use-related environmental impacts by about one-third in China

Q Fang, X Zhang, G Dai, B Tong, H Wang, O Oenema… - Nature food, 2023 - nature.com
Feeding animals more low-opportunity-cost feed products (LCFs), such as food waste and
by-products, may decrease food–feed competition for cropland. Using a feed allocation …

Planetary boundaries analysis of low-carbon ammonia production routes

SC D'Angelo, S Cobo, V Tulus, A Nabera… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
At present, the synthesis of ammonia through the Haber–Bosch (HB) process accounts for
1.2% of the global carbon emissions, representing roughly one-fourth of the global fossil …

Develo** product level indicators to advance the nitrogen circular economy

CM Lavallais, JB Dunn - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasingly, circularity indicators for material, energy, and water systems guide circular
economy design. While indicators for products made from recycled carbon-based materials …

Sustainable agri-food processes and circular economy pathways in a life cycle perspective: State of the art of applicative research

T Stillitano, E Spada, N Iofrida, G Falcone, AI De Luca - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aims at providing a systematic and critical review on the state of the art of life
cycle applications from the circular economy point of view. In particular, the main objective is …