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Title Role of manufacturing towards achieving circular economy: The steel case
ID_Doc 988
Authors Wang, P; Kara, S; Hauschild, MZ
Title Role of manufacturing towards achieving circular economy: The steel case
Year 2018
Published Cirp Annals-Manufacturing Technology, 67, 1
DOI 10.1016/j.cirp.2018.04.049
Abstract Circular economy (CE) has been promoted worldwide as a strategy to reduce material use and to increase the material use efficiency by closing material loops at the societal level. The core concept of CE is to improve the circularity of material use through turning materials at the end of their service life into resources for others, however, there is very little information about the role of manufacturing in achieving CE. Using the concepts of dynamic material flow analysis and stock dynamics, this paper proposes a methodological approach to help understand the role of manufacturing in achieving CE. A number of other strategies such as material efficiency in conjunction with CE are also tested using the case of global steel use to draw conclusions. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of CIRP.
Author Keywords Sustainable development; Manufacturing; Circular economy
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000438470400006
WoS Category Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing
Research Area Engineering
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