Urban living labs (ULLs) are progressive forms of interventions that aim to fulfil the sustainability ambitions of cities and communities. They provide opportunities to translate new ideas into practice. The increasing interest among researchers, pra...
The transition toward circular economy (CE) systems is essential for improving resource efficiency and sustainability performance in industrial production. However, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face structural barriers that limit the ado...
In recent years, fast fashion has boosted global production and consumption, decreasing the lifespans of garments and increasing volumes of discarded textiles which are neither reusable or recyclable. Consequently, multiple visions and strategies reg...
Green transformation at the beginning of the 21st century occupies the top positions in modern society’s sustainability transition research and policy debates due to its multiple propositions of various innovations, addressing the still unsolve...
Circular economy (CE) is increasingly seen as a promising paradigm for transitioning agri-food systems towards more sustainable models of production and consumption, enabling virtuous and regenerative biological metabolisms based on strategies of eco...
Achieving sustainable socio-economic development requires approaches that enhance resource use efficiencies and can address current cross-sectoral challenges in an integrated manner. Existing evidence suggests an urgent need for polycentric and trans...
The European Union’s commitment to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 requires sustainable economic models that address both environmental degradation and energy security. While renewable energy technologies are recognized solutions to climat...
The transition to climate neutrality necessitates a profound transformation of mining systems. In this context, this study focuses on reviewing the role of circular economy models in transforming mining systems. Circular models propose reconfiguring...
The transition from linear to circular systems remains slow and fragmented, despite the increasing recognition of circular economy (CE) as a strategic pathway to sustainability. This review identifies and categorizes the main policy levers supporting...
Transitioning to a circular built environment can reduce the environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation emanating from buildings. However, there are many options to design circular building components, and limited knowledge on w...
Across the globe, companies are facing significant pressure to reduce waste, improve resource efficiency, and report their sustainability efforts transparently. ESG frameworks have become essential tools for sustainability transformation. However, tr...
The transition from a linear to a circular economic model is critical for the sustainability of the Amazonian bioeconomy. Although Amazon nuts (internationally recognized as Brazil nuts, Bertholletia excelsa) represent a major natural bioresource, th...
Background: Digital technologies are increasingly integrated into circular supply chains (CSCs) to enhance resource efficiency and extend product lifecycles. However, the practical adoption of intelligent circular supply chains (iCSCs) remains undere...
The transition from a linear to a circular, resource-efficient economy is crucial in order to address the growing scarcity of resources, environmental degradation and the rapid increase in electronic waste and end-of-life products. Artificial Intelli...
Circular RNAs with high stability offer potential advantages for developing therapeutic agents against cancers. CircSCAF11 has been reported to be downregulated in CRC, yet its functional mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstra...
The transition toward a circular, sustainable food industry requires efficient valorization of biological resources while minimizing environmental pressures. This critical review focuses on the sustainable use of bioactive compounds recovered from pl...
The City of Ann Arbor has committed to a just and equitable transition to community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030. Our guiding plan, A2ZERO, outlines seven strategies and 44 actions that were chosen by the community to achieve this goal. One of the...
The transition to a circular bioeconomy is increasingly recognised as a critical pathway for achieving climate neutrality and resource use efficiency in Ireland. However, this transition is highly dependent on the availability of a skilled workforce...
Municipal waste management is conceptualized as a circular energy supply chain in which waste flows through parallel recovery pathways. This study examines Istanbul’s waste-to-energy transition between 2020 and 2024 using portfolio decompositio...
The transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a significant challenge for firms, especially in the initial stages, where cognitive barriers can hinder the identification of linear practices and the development of circular solutions. One key appr...
The adoption of circularity indicators in the electrical and electronic sector is understood to play a critical role in organisational decision making during the transition from a linear to a circular economy. Yet, it is widely recognised that there...
The bioeconomy represents a new way of life for people, but also a responsibility towards the future of the planet. Generating a significant socio-economic impact, it could be viewed as a key element of sustainable development, as the current and fut...
Circular RNAs are regulatory molecules involved in numerous cellular processes and may be involved in tumour growth and diffusion. Here, we define the expression of 15 selected circular RNAs, which may control the process of epithelial-to-mesenchymal...
Cobalt (Co) is an essential metal for the development of energy-transition technologies, decarbonising transportation, achieving several sustainable development goals, and facilitating a future net zero transition. However, the supply of Co is prone...
The EU’s green transition hinges on secure access to critical raw materials; vanadium is pivotal for microalloyed steels and emerging long-duration energy storage (VRFBs). Methods: We combine a market and technology review with PESTEL and Porte...
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a compelling alternative to the dominant linear “take–make–waste” model, which has contributed to environmental degradation, resource scarcity, and social inequalities across global val...
Background: Circular economy transitions challenge conventional supply chain design and require decision-support tools that remain valid across multiple plausible futures. However, futures thinking in circular supply chain research is still used main...
The port of Rotterdam is a global leader in the fossil fuel economy, with a 50% market share for fossil fuel products in North-Western Europe. Although it is one of the most efficient and innovative ports globally, over the last decade it has seen a...
The adoption of circular bioeconomy (CBE) strategies in forest-wood supply chains is a possible avenue for the future of this sector. However, the uptake of CBE models may face several barriers in the coming years, particularly in disadvantaged fores...
High-technology supply chains are increasingly concentrated in advanced economies, limiting the industrial upgrading potential of emerging regions. At the same time, growing sustainability pressures require the integration of circular economy princip...
This paper reveals the linear economy contribution to resource degradation and environmental pollution in eastern Romania that could further feed environmental crimes and conflicts, such as in the Pungesti shale gas case. Preservation of material and...
This study investigates how economic development interacts with sustainability performance in the European Union, focusing on the structural and technological factors that shape progress in the green transition. Using Eurostat data for 27 EU member s...
An important opportunity for more sustainable development pathways in an urbanising world is missed where resources remain underutilised, when they could be valorised in a sound and environmentally favourable mode. This Special Issue of the journal R...
The transition toward a sustainable bioeconomy is increasingly recognised as a key pathway for resource efficiency and climate resilience in emerging economies. However, system-level analyses integrating biomass flows, governance structures, and acto...
The circular economy (CE) in construction literature engages with individual CE concepts, mostly at the ‘macro’/‘meso’ levels, and lacks holistic frameworks of indicators for circularity assessments (CAs) to inform decision-making at the ‘micro’ (pro...
Directive (EU) 2024/3019 updates and introduces new approaches to the collection, treatment, and discharge of urban wastewater. The directive aims to safeguard the environment and human health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the wastewater tr...
Achieving more sustainable production in emerging biomanufacturing sectors depends not only on technological innovation but also on how production systems are organized, governed, and scaled. Fermentation-derived proteins produced through biomass and...
Transformers are key devices in the new electricity system, and the entire life cycle is associated with a considerable resource consumption and carbon footprint (CF). Understanding CF is essential for accelerating the low-carbon transition of the in...
Background: Sustainable maritime logistics has become a strategic priority for achieving the European Green Deal objectives and accelerating the transition towards low-carbon and resource-efficient transport systems. Nevertheless, existing studies ma...
This study analyzes how sustainability research in the textile and apparel industry is structured and argues that technological innovation—while essential for sustainable transformation—cannot generate meaningful impact when pursued in is...
This study develops an integrated circular economy assessment framework for valorizing orange peel waste (OPW), applied to a biocomposite production process for additive manufacturing and comparatively evaluated against anaerobic digestion, incinerat...
Background: The transition from conventional waste management to circular economy systems has generated more interest in how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance waste prevention, sorting and recycling, optimization, and resource recovery. Owing...
Wind power forms the major contributor to Germany’s goal of transforming the energy sector and becoming climate-neutral until 2045. The increasing installation of wind turbines comes with an increasing demand for rare-earth elements, especially...
The emerging concept of circular parks positions protected areas as active generators of shared value, as they integrate biodiversity conservation with natural resource optimization, local economies, and social cohesion. This perspective challenges t...
After almost two decades of continuous development in bio, circular, and green economy, it is time to assess the major achievements and challenges that private and public enterprises face today for further enhancing global sustainability concepts. To...
The circular economy and Laudato Si’ share a common vision for addressing environmental, ecological, and social challenges through sustainability, justice, and paradigm change. The circular economy moves beyond the linear “take-make-dispo...
This study develops a Life-Cycle Sustainability Framework for circular business models in the context of post-war economic reconstruction and sustainable value chain transformation. Ukraine is used as the main case study due to its post-war reconstru...
Polymer Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers substantial opportunities for material-efficient and distributed production, yet its transition towards genuine circularity remains constrained by cumulative material degradation, fragmented recovery strateg...
A transition towards a circular economy of phosphorus (P) in Switzerland is a multi-faceted challenge as P use is subject to a variety of influencing factors comprising policy interventions, consumption trends, or technological innovations on differe...
The growing demand for sustainable protein sources has accelerated the development of plant-based, microbial, cultivated, and insect proteins. This review combines a systematic analysis of Scopus-indexed publications with bibliometric mapping in Bibl...
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