Strategies for the Circular Economy: Circular Districts and Networks

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This book illustrates two approaches for firms to shape successful circular strategies, namely, the Circular Economy and Circular Districts. The former considers firms’ challenges when turning theoretical circular models into practice. Thus, it discusses the opportunities and difficulties in reshaping corporate strategies by reflecting on circular economy principles. The latter approach plays a new role within the new economy systems and this book conceptualizes and operationalizes its definition. The circular district can represent an effective way to accelerate the energy transition process by developing industrial collaborations and exploiting technology synergies to enhance circularity and achieve economic, environmental, and social targets. The book highlights how firms should adjust their strategic thinking, redesign their network of relationships, and reconsider the value creation process when the circular economy is a concrete option. Furthermore, it examines the evolution from circular economy to circular districts by revealing the motivations that push firms and supply chains to redesign their strategies by considering the perspective of a circular district. The book ends by analyzing business experiences in these two areas and proposes advancements for both the scientific community and the business world. The book offers a blend of theoretical frameworks and practical applications and will be of particular interest to scholars in the fields of sustainable operations, closed-loop supply chain, green supply chain management, and circular supply chains. Also, the operationalization of the concept of circular districts, offers a genuine and original theoretical contribution, thus targeting students from Executive programs, MBA programs, and PhD programs. The book will also attract managers, practitioners and professionals interested in real-world cases and experiences as well as practical developments in the domain. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Part I Chapter 1: Circular economy strategies and approaches 1.1: Circular economy and the waste cascade 1.2: The “Reduction” principle 1.3: The “Reuse” principle for materials 1.4: The “Reuse” principle for goods 1.5: The “Recycling” principle 1.6: Alternative options to the circular economy Chapter 2: Circular networks and engagement strategies 2.1: Network creation in a circular economy 2.2: Creating circular networks with consumer engagement 2.3: Circular networks and consumers’ strategic behaviors 2.4: Creating circular networks by collector engagement Chapter 3: Circular economy through public interventions 3.1: Review of public incentives to support circular economy systems 3.2: End-of-waste mechanism 3.3: Make standards more circular 3.4: Ban products when more circular alternatives exist 3.5: Promote the social economy through activities fostering the circular economy 3.6: Increase the guarantee period 3.7: Favor R&D support for integrated value-chain projects and investment in new circular activities 3.8: Set up green deals and clusters at different levels 3.9: Favor environmental labeling and certification 3.10: Communication about the repair of products 3.11: Material taxation 3.12: Modulation of EPR fees 3.13: EPR: Adapting contract duration and conditions 3.14: Green public procurement: Apply environmental (circularity) criteria (global environmental performance, recycled content, long life) 3.15: Mandatory recycled content 3.16: Landfill and incineration ban/tax 3.17: Waste producers pay the full waste management cost 3.18: Lower VAT on green products and services 3.19: Addressing waste exports from the EU 3.20: Tradable recycling credits schemes 3.21: Subsidies Chapter 4: Value creation and capture in the circular economy 4.1: Value identification and capture through consumers’ responsible behaviors 4.2: Value creation and conservation through circular design 4.3: Unlocking circular economy value through blockchain 4.4: New strategies for value creation in the circular economy Chapter 5: The smart circular economy 5.1: Responsible digitalization through a smart circular economy 5.2: A smart circular economy through responsible digitalization 5.3: A smart circular economy through Industry 4.0 5.4: A smart circular economy through reverse omnichannel strategies 5.5: A smart circular economy through smart cities Part II Chapter 1: Circular green districts 1.1: Defining Green Circular Districts 1.2: Green Circular Districts as enablers of energy transition 1.3: Technology adoption in Green Circular Districts 1.4: Identification of secure feedstocks and final product markets 1.4.1: Potential feedstocks of a Green Circular District 1.4.2: Final product markets 1.5: The economic feasibility of a Green Circular District 1.6: Concluding remarks Part III Chapter 1: The circular economy in Dell Reconnect 1.1: The e-waste framework 1.2: The Dell Reconnect program 1.3: Dell Reconnect and the waste cascade 1.4: Users’ engagement strategy for Dell Reconnect 1.5: Emerging strategic consumer clusters 1.6: Circular economy coordination in Dell Reconnect 1.7: Public funds available for the Dell Reconnect program 1.8: Smart circular economy in Dell Reconnect Chapter 2: NextChem’s Green Circular District Model 2.1: NextChem’s Green Circular District Model 2.2: NextChem’s technology in Green Circular District 2.3: Chemical Recycling 2.4: Process Description 2.5: Circular hydrogen 2.6: Circular methanol 2.7: Circular ethanol 2.8: Waste to Chemicals vs Incineration 2.9: Green hydrogen production by electrolysis Index