Circular Economy Practices in the Context of Emerging Economies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: optimization; inventory management; production planning; production management; lean manufacturing; sustainable supply chain; industry 4.0 practices
2. IAM (UME), METU, No: 1, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Interests: bioinformatics; artificial intelligence; energy; modeling; machine learning prediction
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Interests: supply chain management; waste management; sustainable development; artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Circular economy (CE) is a key solution to dealing with resource crises, in terms of waste produced and the resources consumed. It reduces the need for raw materials by making better use of existing ones. There is a growing need in the CE for organizational culture to change toward sustainability. Supply chains can benefit from a circular economy, which requires a paradigm shift from conventional to sustainable practices. Due to this concern, CE integration has become one of the most critical strategies in developing sustainable supply chains. In order to contribute to the attainment of sustainability objectives in emerging economics, CE is committed to ensuring sustainable resource management strategies for more efficient resource utilization to preserve the environment, social conditions, and the economy. A sustainable circular economy (SCE), which combines a CE and sustainability, can contribute to energy recovery, resource efficiency, economic growth, sustained consumption, and circularity at the macro-level. Digitalisation and smart technologies can promote the transition to a SCE, while businesses can perform more efficient, effective, smart, inclusive, and sustainable operations by integrating smart enabling technologies into SCE. Getting organizations on board with Industry 4.0 will only be possible if they are motivated by a clear understanding of its strategic significance related to SCE. Smart sustainable circular economy (SSCE) is crucial for management to devote time and resources to knowledge management programs, training, and education. For SSCE to succeed, it is necessary to identify employees with the appropriate background for implementing advanced technologies. During the CE adaptation process to SSCE, organisations should also understand the importance of interfacing with humans and machines.
There are different perspectives on the CE, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Identifying sustainability criteria for CE in emerging economies;
- Establishing sustainable operations in the context of Industry 4.0 and CE;
- Role of smart supply chain in the circular economy;
- CE application challenges in sustainable supply chains;
- Application of CE and industry 4.0 driven technologies in the food supply chain;
- Application of smart circularity practices in the sustainable supply chain management;
- Optimizing sustainable supply chain models for CE framework;
- CE and sustainable supply chain challenges;
- CE strategies for net zero transition;
- Advanced analytics ai/ml models for SSCE 4.0 development.
Dr. Sadia Samar Ali
Prof. Dr. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
Dr. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee
Dr. Alireza Goli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circular economy
- sustainable circular economy
- smart sustainable circular economy
- advanced analytical models
- AI/ML Methods
- emerging economics
- MCDM techniques
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