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Identifying and evaluating recirculation strategies for industry in the nordic countries
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Product Realisation Methodology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2908-6242
Kinnarps AB, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Product Realisation Methodology.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Materials and Production, Product Realisation Methodology. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9068-3527
2021 (English)In: Recycling, E-ISSN 2313-4321, Vol. 6, no 4, article id 74Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The manufacturing industry in the Nordic countries aims to include closing product and material loops to recover values in their circular economy strategies. Recirculating strategies for products and materials are required for existing products that are part of the stock and are also anticipated to be aligned with products designed for circularity and circular business models in the future. Options to capture value of discarded products are diverse and include reuse, remanufacturing and material recycling. The Circular Economy Integration in the Nordic Industry for enhanced sustain-ability and competitiveness (CIRCit) project developed a framework to guide decision makers in the industry on how to identify suitable treatments and subsequent use at the end of use or end of life of a product and how to select among different options. Factors considered in the assessment include technical feasibility, necessary efforts, networks of business partners, legal implications and overall sustainability aspects. Our empirical studies show great support for decision-makers in the value recovery of different products with different complexity levels. It is also concluded that the properties of products at their end of use are the main drivers behind selecting a proper recirculation strategy. This study contributes with an empirical evaluation and a consistent terminology framework for recirculation options. The general setup is relevant for the Nordic countries. © 2021 by the authors. 

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MDPI , 2021. Vol. 6, no 4, article id 74
Keywords [en]
Cascading, Closing the loop, Material recycling, Performance economy, Refurbishment, Remanufactur-ing, Repair, Repurpose, Resource recovery, Reuse
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Environmental Management
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-56993DOI: 10.3390/recycling6040074Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85119143565OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-56993DiVA, id: diva2:1614385
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Funding details: NordForsk; Funding text 1: Funding: This research was mainly funded by NordForsk, Nordic Energy Research and Nordic Innovation the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Programme, with additional contribution from sustainable production research in XPRES. The APC was funded by sustainable production research in XPRES.

Available from: 2021-11-25 Created: 2021-11-25 Last updated: 2024-05-21Bibliographically approved

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