Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely-used methodology for estimating the
potential environmental impacts of technological systems in nature. Relative maturity of this …

Abstract The literature on Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is rich in frameworks, methods, and tools
for assessing sustainable impacts as a strategy for implementing a circular economy …

The photovoltaic industry has shown vigorous growth over the last decade and will continue
on its trajectory to reach terawatt-level deployment by 2022–2023 and an estimated 4.5 TW …

Material efficiency (ME) strategies are pursued by governments and companies to reduce
environmental emissions, improve supply chain resilience, and enhance cost …

This review concerns the methodological challenges that industrial ecology faces in
integrating natural and social sciences. Network analysis can be seen as the most promising …

Critical metals are of great significance to high-tech industries and new energy industries,
and are important strategic resources for all countries. In addition to the competition for ore …

In electric arc furnaces (EAFs), different grades of steel scrap are combined to produce the
targeted carbon steel quality. The goal of this study is to assess the influence of scrap quality …

This article presents a general multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)
optimization model aimed at providing decision support for waste and resources …

Industrial green transformation is crucial for the green development of cities that suffer from
environmental crisis and resources depletion caused by the dysfunction of material cycle …

Zinc is a key metal of industrial society that saw an unprecedented growth of its use between
2000 and 2010, largely driven by demand in China. Nonetheless, a contemporary …