A pathway to circular economy: Developing a conceptual framework for complex value assessment of resources recovered from waste

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 168, Issue , 2017, Pages 1279-1288

  Iacovidou, Eleni ^a   Millward Hopkins, Joel ^a   Busch, Jonathan ^a   Purnell, Philip ^a   Velis, Costas A ^a   Hahladakis, John N ^a   Zwirner, Oliver ^b   Brown, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Complex value; Resource recovery; Sustainability assessment; Systems of provision; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NATURAL RESOURCES; RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; COMPLEX VALUES; CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85030703010     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.002     Document Type: Article

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