Towards a Circular Economy: The Role of Dutch Logistics Industries and Governments
By N. V. Buren, Marjolein Demmers, R. V. D. Heijden, Frank Witlox. 2016
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While there is great potential in the chief values and prospects of a circular economy, this alone will not bring the circular economy to market or scale. In order for a circular economy to materialize, an integrated approach that focuses on a long-term system change or transition is required. To set the change process in motion, many (public and private) players (companies, authorities, citizens, and research institutions) need to be involved. Among the many stakeholders, a genuine enabler to implement a successful and sustainable circular strategy is the logistics industry. Given that The Netherlands is used as a case study, in this paper, we focus on the Dutch logistics industry and how this industry can contribute to the broader Dutch agenda to realize a more circular economy. It implies looking at the specific transition agenda for the logistics industry in relation to a circular economy, what barriers may exist that might hamper such a transition, and how public policy-makers are dealing with and can tackle these barriers.
Subfields: Marketing, Strategy and Management
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- Implementation of Circular Economy Business Models by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Barriers and Enablers (2016, neutral): “Furthermore, the insufficient investment in technologies focusing on circular product designs (eco-design) and operations [45], the lack of advanced resource efficiency technologies [49], along with the low pricing signal of raw materials [36] are factors that are likely to impede the adoption of ci”
- Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy (2020, background): “CE tackles a central societal issue concerning the current principle “take, make, dispose” (linear economy) and its negative effects caused by the depletion of natural resources, waste generation, biodiversity loss, pollution (water, air, soil) and non-sustainable economics (van Buren et al., 2016).”
- Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools (2017, background): “It should be noted, that more nuanced R-typologies exist in the literature, including “ Refuse, Repair, Refurbish, Remanufacture and Repurpose ” (van Buren et al., 2016).”