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  • Open Access
32 Citations
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Recycling in Brasil: Paper and Plastic Supply Chain

  • Jacqueline Elizabeth Rutkowski and
  • Emília Wanda Rutkowski

Although recycling is considered the core of a circular economy for returning materials to the supply chain, its procedures are poorly understood. Waste recycling is considered a big source of energy saving and a promoter of CO2 recovery. Besides tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,904 Views
24 Pages

4 December 2019

In a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC), the right alliance can help manufacturers better manufacture green products and make more profits. Choosing the most suitable alliance partner is also critical for manufacturers. In regard to product greenness an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,906 Views
17 Pages

The photovoltaic (PV) generation system has been widely used since the late 1990s. Considering its lifespan of 20 to 30 years, many end-of-life systems will emerge in the near future. This is why recycling PV systems will be beneficial (and may even...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,519 Views
29 Pages

Strategy Analysis of Recycling and Remanufacturing by Remanufacturers in Closed-Loop Supply Chain

  • Xiaofeng Long,
  • Tong Shu,
  • Shou Chen,
  • Shouyang Wang,
  • Kin Keung Lai and
  • Yan Yang

10 October 2017

The paper investigates interactions in a two-period closed-loop supply chain consisting of a single manufacturer and a single remanufacturer. In the context of recycling and remanufacturing by the remanufacturer, the manufacturer and remanufacturer c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,928 Views
17 Pages

Although construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) recycling has been widely regarded as an effective way to save resources, its selection of recycling channels has received little attention. In order to improve the recycling efficiency of C&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,009 Views
39 Pages

4 July 2025

Trade-in programs have become a vital mechanism for promoting sustainable consumption and reducing negative impacts on the environment, gaining substantial support from branders, e-platforms, and consumers in recent years. Concurrently, the emergence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,109 Views
20 Pages

22 December 2023

In the existing recycling system for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), online recycling based on the Internet platform is a useful supplement. In this paper, a Stackelberg game pricing model, which is dominated by ELV part remanufacturers and composed of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
323 Views
26 Pages

22 December 2025

With the rapid development of the new energy vehicle industry, the efficiency of information sharing in the power battery recycling supply chain greatly affects resource utilization and sustainability. This paper examines battery manufacturers and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,964 Views
20 Pages

8 April 2022

A closed-loop supply chain operation is an effective way to improve the dual benefits of economy and environment. Inspired by the practice of closed-loop supply chain coordination, this paper attempts to investigate the supply chain operation strateg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,945 Views
13 Pages

In light of the circular economy gaining momentum, plastics recycling is regarded as a key solution to keep materials in the loop. Continuous efforts are needed to achieve the packaging waste recycling targets set by the European Union. Hence, this w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,612 Views
26 Pages

14 November 2019

The recycling and remanufacturing of e-waste is linked to a worldwide emphasis on the establishment and implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility system (ERP), which has become an important problem in the process of cycling economy. Meanwhil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,312 Views
28 Pages

3 November 2017

This paper investigates cost disruptions of new and remanufactured products in a closed-loop supply chain where a manufacturer and a third-party collector recycle used products through online-recycling and offline-recycling channels, respectively. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,161 Views
15 Pages

Tracing the EoL Tyre Management Chain in Togo with Focus on Implementing a Tyre Recycling Plant

  • Mona-Maria Narra,
  • Djangbadjoa Gbiete,
  • Komi Agboka,
  • Satyanarayana Narra and
  • Michael Nelles

23 October 2024

As part of the “Waste2Energy: hybrid energy from waste as a sustainable solution for West-Africa” project, a tyre recycling plant is being constructed in Davié, north of Lomé, Togo. Understanding the tyre management chain is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
90 Citations
6,075 Views
14 Pages

A Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain Coordination Mechanism Based on Third-Party Recycling

  • Jiafu Su,
  • Chi Li,
  • Qingjun Zeng,
  • Jiaquan Yang and
  • Jie Zhang

27 September 2019

Taking an environment-friendly green closed-loop supply chain as the research object, this work established a two-stage closed-loop supply chain game model. Considering the influence of the environmental protection input on the whole supply chain, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
931 Views
20 Pages

16 April 2025

This study investigates a two-stage production–inventory model with subsidy policies for paper cup recycling. The model includes remanufacturers, recyclers, and consumers, taking into account their preferences for different recycling channels....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,054 Views
17 Pages

Compared with traditional offline recycling channel, recycling through the “Internet+ recycling” platform has increasingly attracted the academic and practical intention in the past decade because of its accessibility and convenience. To...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
9,090 Views
17 Pages

Environmentally friendly handling and efficient recycling of waste electrical on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) have grown to be a global social problem. As holders of WEEE, consumers have a significant effect on the recycling proce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,228 Views
17 Pages

13 September 2022

The massive emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has begun to threaten the survival of human beings and the balance of the Earth’s ecology. If carbon emission is left unchecked, we will face terrible consequences. Closed-loop s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,574 Views
18 Pages

2 July 2023

The used power batteries of new energy vehicles have become a combined issue of environmental pollution, resource scarcity, and economic sustainability. Power battery recycling is inevitably becoming the key link in the formation of the green closed-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,950 Views
25 Pages

7 December 2022

In the closed-loop supply chain, many suppliers opt for self-recycling or entrust retailers to recycle. Under both recycling channels, the member responsible for recycling can undertake or outsource logistics services. This paper investigates how con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,706 Views
21 Pages

Using a Circular Economy and Supply Chain as a Framework for Remanufactured Products in the Rubber Recycling Industry

  • Hsi-Huang Hsieh,
  • Kai-Chao Yao,
  • Ching-Hsin Wang,
  • Chih-Han Chen and
  • Shu-Hua Huang

28 March 2024

The use of a circular economy (CE) in a supply chain is conducive to remanufacturing. It can not only make the supply chain innovative but can also further ease resource consumption and lower pollution, thereby reducing carbon emissions. However, mos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,807 Views
15 Pages

With the vigorous rise of online third-party recycling platforms, dual-channel recycling has become the primary recycling mode in the reverse supply chain (RSC). However, as the main body of recycling, consumers have a significant impact on the recyc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,444 Views
23 Pages

This article investigates decision-making strategies for power battery recycling and cascading utilization within the context of rapidly advancing blockchain technology, aiming to enhance the sustainability and efficiency of energy storage systems. A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,647 Views
17 Pages

17 December 2024

Material recycling is vital for achieving carbon neutrality because using recycled materials helps avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that result from using virgin material. Carbon tax has been introduced in many countries to reduce GHG emissions....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
778 Views
27 Pages

3 June 2025

In reality, there is often information asymmetry between upstream and downstream enterprises in a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) system, which can have a profound impact on the decisions of member enterprises and the operation of the system. Under a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,241 Views
18 Pages

6 June 2023

As urbanization continues to expand in China, carbon emissions (CE) from the construction industry and the amount of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) are rapidly increasing. In order to reduce CEs and environmental hazards, this paper con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,183 Views
30 Pages

13 December 2022

With economic development and societal progress, the supply chain should not only focus on profitability, but also environmental protection, as well as undertake corresponding corporate social responsibility (CSR). The operational decisions of the cl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,688 Views
40 Pages

21 February 2023

In order to solve the problem of false recycling, where the real recycling volume does not match the theoretical one, blockchain is widely used in practice due to its characteristics of transparency, traceability, and tamper resistance. To study its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,274 Views
22 Pages

8 April 2025

The sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) have experienced substantial growth, resulting in a significant increase in the number of used NEV batteries. Improper disposal of these used batteries can lead to pollution and resource wastage. In line with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,185 Views
19 Pages

8 April 2023

With the emergence of a large number of waste electronic products and the enhancement of social awareness of environmental protection, the recycling of waste electronic products has become one of the pressing issues of social concern. Government envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,388 Views
19 Pages

1 December 2017

Firms engaged in remanufacturing activities generally adopt more than one recycling channel to collect more used products and gain more profits. This paper explores the optimal strategies for a retailer-dominated closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,383 Views
24 Pages

24 January 2023

Guided by the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, in order to coordinate the recycling and remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain (CLSC), considering the strengthened low-carbon awareness of consumers and the high cost of carbon emission...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,631 Views
12 Pages

15 September 2023

Investigating the potential impacts of composting and recycling wastes on income distribution is crucial to promote a fairer and more sustainable fresh tomato supply chain (FTSC). Therefore, this study aims to explore the potential of generating extr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,913 Views
26 Pages

27 February 2023

To promote carbon emission reduction and resource reuse, this study is devoted to studying the impact of government subsidy policies on the operation decision of a low-carbon closed-loop supply chain system. In the production stage, governments can u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,345 Views
23 Pages

15 June 2021

This paper focuses on the pricing problem of a two-stage closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) considering the cross-channel recycling and channel preference based on a single manufacturer and a single traditional retailer. The pricing decision problem rai...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,253 Views
19 Pages

30 January 2025

The clean energy transition is a paradigm shift from a carbon-intensive energy system to a renewable energy one. The new energy system requires large amounts of critical minerals, including lithium. However, the mining and extraction of these mineral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
586 Views
17 Pages

12 September 2025

Aiming at the problems of low operating efficiency and the unclear mechanisms in the bundling process of existing residual film recycling machines, this paper designs a chain network-type residual film bundling device and analyzes the motion characte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,123 Views
20 Pages

Product recycling issues have gained increasing attention in many industries in the last decade due to a variety of reasons driven by environmental, governmental and economic factors. Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) models integrate the forward and r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
102 Citations
18,184 Views
19 Pages

Recycling Chain for Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Denis Werner,
  • Urs Alexander Peuker and
  • Thomas Mütze

28 February 2020

The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIB) is becoming increasingly important with regard to environmental, economic, geostrategic, and health aspects due to the increasing amount of LIB produced, introduced into the market, and being spent i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
95 Citations
15,290 Views
23 Pages

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intention to Return the End of Life Electronic Products through Reverse Supply Chain Management for Reuse, Repair and Recycling

  • Kamyar Kianpour,
  • Ahmad Jusoh,
  • Abbas Mardani,
  • Dalia Streimikiene,
  • Fausto Cavallaro,
  • Khalil Md. Nor and
  • Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

18 September 2017

Resource depletion, population growth and environmental problems force companies to collect their end of life (EOL) products for reuse, recycle and refurbishment through reverse supply chain management (RSCM). Success in collecting the EOL products t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,799 Views
19 Pages

4 July 2023

In recent years, global environmental problems such as air pollution and the greenhouse effect have become more and more serious. The utilization of biomass energy not only can promote low-carbon transformation to establish a competitive advantage th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,949 Views
17 Pages

Understanding Business Requirements for Increasing the Uptake of Recycled Plastic: A Value Chain Perspective

  • Malou van der Vegt,
  • Evert-Jan Velzing,
  • Martijn Rietbergen and
  • Rhiannon Hunt

Circularity and recycling are gaining increased attention, yet the amount of recycled plastic applied in new products remains low. To accelerate its uptake by businesses, it will be useful to empirically investigate the barriers, enablers, needs and,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,148 Views
20 Pages

29 November 2024

In view of the uncertainty regarding consumers’ perceived value of remanufactured products, a remanufacturing supply chain system with the manufacturer as the Stackelberg leader is constructed, in which the manufacturer faces three modes, namel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,580 Views
26 Pages

4 November 2024

With the rapid growth of the electric vehicle industry, the recycling of power batteries has attracted significant attention. In light of current circumstances, the question of how the government can incentivize relevant stakeholders to actively enga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,296 Views
36 Pages

13 March 2025

In this study, we investigated a closed-loop supply chain system comprising manufacturers and retailers engaged in recycling competition. The manufacturer is the CLSC Stackelberg leader. By developing a Stackelberg model incorporating marketing, we a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,818 Views
23 Pages

7 June 2024

Due to the rapid development of the clean energy sector against the global backdrop of carbon emission reduction, the availability of rare earths is becoming scarce. The strategic recycling of rare earth resources serves the dual purpose of alleviati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,286 Views
18 Pages

23 September 2018

China, as the largest electronic waste producer in the world, is facing a critical challenge to manage its negative impacts on the environment. Hence, e-waste management is crucial for sustainable Chinese economic development. In this paper, a system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,526 Views
15 Pages

27 January 2022

Annual production of textile fibers is continuing to rise and the substantial discharge of undegradable waste polyester fibers can cause serious environmental and even health problems. Thus, the recycling and reuse of recycled poly(ethylene terephtha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,997 Views
25 Pages

26 February 2025

To develop novel materials through the recycling of waste polymers and to enhance their mechanical and thermal properties, composites were synthesized using chain extenders (CEs), compatibilizers (PP-g-MA), and short carbon fiber (CF) reinforcements...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,869 Views
14 Pages

4 September 2018

Polymer recycling is one of the major areas that need adequate intervention in any megacity’s effort toward sustainable development. However, megacities in Africa face various challenges in general waste management and also lag behind in develo...

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