Overview
- Aims to summarize the conceptual framework of circular economy and waste valorization
- Tries to make an international comparison for the development of circular economy and waste valorization
- Intends to share the experience on promoting circular economy and waste valorization
Part of the book series: Industrial Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM, volume 2)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The authors and editors of this volume state that with the intensive growth of global industrialization and urbanization, the consumption of various resources and materials, such as energy, minerals, and even water, is increasing at an amazing speed, which poses great pressure on material resources. In addition, the massive utilization of materials has led to low efficiency, resulting in great wastes of resources as well as serious environmental pollutions and degradation, which has severely hindered the sustainable development of economy and society. In order to transit to sustainable development, it is necessary to improved resource efficiency, and circular economy and waste valorization are the best alternative ways for achieving this goal.
This book aims to provide an in-depth description of circular economy and waste valorization, make assessments for circular economy and waste valorization in different regions and countries and determine thetechnological pathways and roadmap for achieving circular economy and waste valorization. More specifically:
(1) Conceptions and Theories: Concepts and definitions of circular economy and waste valorization and their nexus and contributions to sustainable development.
(2) Policy and Practice: Measurement and assessment of performance or sustainability for implementing circular economy and waste valorization.
(3) Pathways and Prospects: Identification and prioritization of the barriers, strategies, technologies, and pathways for achieving circular economy and waste valorization.
The book systematically and comprehensively introduces the definitions, concepts, framework and nexus of circular economy and waste valorization, analyzes and measures their performance and sustainability and provides the methods for investigating and prioritizing the barriers and strategies and determining the pathways and roadmap for their development.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Circular Economy and Waste Valorisation
Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice from an International Perspective
Editors: Jingzheng Ren, Long Zhang
Series Title: Industrial Ecology and Environmental Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04725-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04724-4Published: 24 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04727-5Published: 25 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04725-1Published: 23 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2730-6070
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6089
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 247
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science, multidisciplinary, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Pollution, general