A global review of consumer behavior towards e-waste and implications for the circular economy

MT Islam, N Huda, A Baumber, R Shumon… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
To tackle the alarming increase in e-waste or end-of-life (EoL) electronic products, consumer
behavior towards the end of their useful life needs to be thoroughly studied. End users or …

Has the question of e-waste opened a Pandora's box? An overview of unpredictable issues and challenges

B Bakhiyi, S Gravel, D Ceballos, MA Flynn… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite regulatory efforts and position papers, electrical and electronic waste (e-waste)
remains ill-managed as evidenced by the extremely low rates of proper e-waste recycling (e …

A conceptual framework for barriers of circular supply chains for sustainability in the textile industry

I Kazancoglu, Y Kazancoglu, E Yarimoglu… - Sustainable …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Circular economy is a contemporary concept including usage of renewable materials and
technologies. The transition to the circular economy creates value through closed‐loop …

Barriers to circular business model innovation: A multiple-case study

E Guldmann, RD Huulgaard - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
The concept of circular economy has been suggested as a possible avenue to sustainable
development. The adoption of circular business models at a company level, which is a key …

Alleviating the impact of the barriers to circular economy adoption through blockchain: An investigation using an integrated MCDM-based QFD with hesitant fuzzy …

I Erol, IM Ar, I Peker, C Searcy - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite its clear potential to contribute to sustainability, there are many challenges to
adopting circular economy (CE). These barriers impede the implementation of CE; however …

Young consumers'e-waste awareness, consumption, disposal, and recycling behavior: A case study of university students in Sydney, Australia

MT Islam, P Dias, N Huda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, young consumers, especially university students' awareness, perception, and
disposal patterns for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), were measured …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers, enablers and market governance: A review of the policy landscape for repair of consumer electronics in the EU and the US

S Svensson-Hoglund, JL Richter, E Maitre-Ekern… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many strategies have been proposed to support the transition to a Circular Economy (CE). In
most cases, circular design and product life-extension practices specify repair as an …

Why do users (not) repair their devices? A study of the predictors of repair practices

M Jaeger-Erben, V Frick, T Hipp - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Academic literature on circular economy describes repair as an important strategy to prolong
the lifetime of products. However, repair is often analyzed in terms of business models or …

[HTML][HTML] 'Fixing the World One Thing at a Time': Community repair and a sustainable circular economy

M Van Der Velden - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
The notion of a circular economy is often presented in discourses on a more sustainable
future. A circular economy proposes more efficient material flows in growth-based economy …

Business model innovation for a Circular Economy: Drivers and barriers for the Swedish industry–the voice of REES companies

O Mont, A Plepys, K Whalen, JLK Nußholz - 2017 - lup.lub.lu.se
The idea of Circular Economy is gaining a momentum among companies, households and
policy makers. In order to support a smooth transition to this idea, new ways of producing …