Resources Conservation and Recycling

Article	Citations
Challenges toward carbon neutrality in China: Strategies and countermeasures	842
A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies	523
Challenges, opportunities, and innovations for effective solid waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic	501
Blockchain for the future of sustainable supply chain management in Industry 4.0	478
A Comprehensive Review on Recycled Aggregate and Recycled Aggregate Concrete	427
Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction – A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities	268
Does digital financial inclusion matter for economic growth and environmental sustainability in OBRI economies? An empirical analysis	252
Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers	250
The narrative of sustainability and circular economy - A longitudinal review of two decades of research	245
Digital technologies catalyzing business model innovation for circular economy—Multiple case study	243
Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag	240
The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China	235
Energy transition and carbon neutrality: Exploring the non-linear impact of renewable energy development on carbon emission efficiency in developed countries	230
Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes – the environmental potential of chemical recycling	217
Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions	213
Use of steel slag as sustainable construction materials: A review of accelerated carbonation treatment	213
Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions	211
Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives	202
How technological innovation impacts urban green economy efficiency in emerging economies: A case study of 278 Chinese cities	187
Step towards the sustainable toxic dyes removal and recycling from aqueous solution- A comprehensive review	184
Industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and carbon productivity: Evidence from China	180
Copper and critical metals production from porphyry ores and E-wastes: A review of resource availability, processing/recycling challenges, socio-environmental aspects, and sustainability issues	171
A qualitative assessment of lithium ion battery recycling processes	170
Recent progress in recycling carbon fibre reinforced composites and dry carbon fibre wastes	163
Circular economy implementation in the agricultural sector: Definition, strategies and indicators	162

Micro(nano)plastics and terrestrial plants: Up-to-date knowledge on uptake, translocation, and phytotoxicity	157
Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles	156
Deployment of electric vehicles in China to meet the carbon neutral target by 2060: Provincial disparities in energy systems, CO2 emissions, and cost effectiveness	156
Lightweight foamed concrete as a promising avenue for incorporating waste materials: A review	148
From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products?	147
Accelerating the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality	147
Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction	144
A comprehensive review of biomass based thermochemical conversion technologies integrated with CO2 capture and utilisation within BECCS networks	142
The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon intensity: Spatial spillover and mediating effect	142
Major metals demand, supply, and environmental impacts to 2100: A critical review	142
COVID-19 waste management: Effective and successful measures in Wuhan, China	140
Microplastics in agroecosystems-impacts on ecosystem functions and food chain	139
Industry 4.0 for sustainable manufacturing: Opportunities at the product, process, and system levels	138
The impact of digital technology development on carbon emissions: A spatial effect analysis for China	137
Recycling waste classification using optimized convolutional neural network	136
Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag	136
A review of recent developments in catalytic applications of biochar-based materials	135
Critical success and risk factors for circular business models valorising agricultural waste and by-products	135
Challenges and recent developments in supply and value chains of electric vehicle batteries: A sustainability perspective	135
Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders’ awareness, major challenges, and enablers	134
Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread-prevention actions on urban water consumption	130
Implementing the circular economy paradigm in the agri-food supply chain: The role of food waste prevention technologies	130
A review of wastewater irrigation: Environmental implications	125
Application of waste tire rubber and recycled aggregates in concrete products: A new compression casting approach	124
Advances in bio-waste derived activated carbon for supercapacitors: Trends, challenges and prospective	122
Environmental regulation and its influence on energy-environmental performance: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from China's iron and steel industry	118
Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their social-ecological drivers: Implications for spatial planning and management	118
Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium-ion Batteries: A Critical Review	118
A comprehensive review on performance of cementitious and geopolymeric concretes with recycled waste glass as powder, sand or cullet	117
Solid waste management in China: Policy and driving factors in 2004–2019	117
Influence of Russia-Ukraine War on the Global Energy and Food Security	116
Effects of land use and cover change (LUCC) on terrestrial carbon stocks in China between 2000 and 2018	115
Identifying the main crops and key factors determining the carbon footprint of crop production in China, 2001–2018	114
Government regulation to promote coordinated emission reduction among enterprises in the green supply chain based on evolutionary game analysis	109
United States plastics: Large flows, short lifetimes, and negligible recycling	106
Opportunities and challenges in IoT-enabled circular business model implementation – A case study	103
Recycling of multi-material multilayer plastic packaging: Current trends and future scenarios	102
Invasive plants as potential sustainable feedstocks for biochar production and multiple applications: A review	101
Consumers’ awareness of plastic packaging: More than just environmental concerns	100
Why “Circular” doesn't always mean “Sustainable”	99
Public attitudes towards microplastics: Perceptions, behaviors and policy implications	99
Rare earth metals from secondary sources: Review of potential supply from waste and byproducts	99
Technological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes	99
A comprehensive review on the recycling of discarded printed circuit boards for resource recovery	99
Factors influencing ecosystem services in the Pearl River Delta, China: Spatiotemporal differentiation and varying importance	99
Techno-economic assessment of mechanical recycling of challenging post-consumer plastic packaging waste	98
Bioprocessing of spent lithium ion batteries for critical metals recovery – A review	97
Potential contributions of wind and solar power to China's carbon neutrality	96
Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?	96
State of the art in recycling waste thermoplastics and thermosets and their applications in construction	96

Assessing scaling effects of circular economy strategies: A case study on plastic bottle closed-loop recycling in the USA PET market	95
Wind turbine blade material in the United States: Quantities, costs, and end-of-life options	95
Supply chains in circular business models: processes and performance objectives	94
A forecast on future raw material demand and recycling potential of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles	94
Garbage classification system based on improved ShuffleNet v2	93
Green transition pathways for cement industry in China	92
Coupling efficiency measurement and spatial correlation characteristic of water–energy–food nexus in China	92
Spaceship earth's odyssey to a circular economy - a century long perspective	91
There is no sustainable circular economy without a circular society	91
Concerns and strategies for wastewater treatment during COVID-19 pandemic to stop plausible transmission	90
Induction mechanism and optimization of tradable green certificates and carbon emission trading acting on electricity market in China	90
Circularity indicator for residential buildings: Addressing the gap between embodied impacts and design aspects	89
Development of machine learning - based models to forecast solid waste generation in residential areas: A case study from Vietnam	89
Assessing the determinants of intentions and behaviors of organizations towards a circular economy for plastics	87
Consumers’ sustainability-related perception of and willingness-to-pay for food packaging alternatives	87
Circular business models for electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries: An analysis of current practices of vehicle manufacturers and policies in the EU	86
Recycling of natural fiber composites: Challenges and opportunities	86
Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem	85
The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use	85
Recycling pathways for platinum group metals from spent automotive catalyst: A review on conventional approaches and bio-processes	85
Recyclable waste image recognition based on deep learning	85
Energy, greenhouse gas, and water life cycle analysis of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate from brine and ore resources and their use in lithium ion battery cathodes and lithium ion	84
Disruption risks to material supply chains in the electronics sector	84
Material flow analysis for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from battery electric vehicles in the USA and China	84
Consumers’ environmental ethics, willingness, and green consumerism between lower and higher income groups	83
Opportunities and challenges for solid waste reuse and recycling in emerging economies: A hybrid analysis	82
Overview on stress-induced strategies for enhanced microalgae lipid production: Application, mechanisms and challenges	81
Emergency response to the explosive growth of health care wastes during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China	81
A sustainable process for selective recovery of lithium as lithium phosphate from spent LiFePO4 batteries	81
Has the Sustainable Development Planning Policy Promoted the Green Transformation in China's Resource-based Cities?	81
Transportation of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries at end-of-life: A literature review	80
To shred or not to shred: A comparative techno-economic assessment of lithium ion battery hydrometallurgical recycling retaining value and improving circularity in LIB supply chains	80
Carbon reduction potential of China's coal-fired power plants based on a CCUS source-sink matching model	80
How does government attention matter in air pollution control? Evidence from government annual reports	80
Water-energy nexus within urban agglomeration: An assessment framework combining the multiregional input-output model, virtual water, and embodied energy	80
A review on chemometric techniques with infrared, Raman and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for sorting plastic waste in the recycling industry	79
Spatiotemporal patterns of industrial carbon emissions at the city level	78
Rural household food waste characteristics and driving factors in China	78
The application of deep eutectic solvents in lithium-ion battery recycling: A comprehensive review	78
A Circular Economy Life Cycle Assessment (CE-LCA) model for building components	78
Life cycle assessment of integrated bioelectrochemical-constructed wetland system: environmental sustainability and economic feasibility evaluation	78
Comparative life-cycle assessment of pyrolysis processes for producing bio-oil, biochar, and activated carbon from sewage sludge	77
Understanding choice behavior towards plastic consumption: An emerging market investigation	77
Waste recycling in ceramic tiles: a technological outlook	76
Environmental impacts of plastic packaging of food products	76
Utilization of off-specification fly ash in preparing ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC): Mixture design, characterization, and life-cycle assessment	76
Pilot-scale extraction of iron from flotation tailings via suspension magnetization roasting in a mixture of CO and H2 followed by magnetic separation	76
Potential to decarbonize the commercial building operation of the top two emitters by 2060	76
Measuring progress of China's circular economy	75
Synthesis and application of geopolymers from municipal waste incineration fly ash (MSWI FA) as raw ingredient - A review	74
Literature review on policies to mitigate GHG emissions for cement and concrete	74
Moving from linear to circular household plastic packaging in Belgium: Prospective life cycle assessment of mechanical and thermochemical recycling	74
Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil to Produce A Sustainable Rejuvenator for Aged Asphalt	74
Sustainable supply chain management trends in world regions: A data-driven analysis	74
Emerging challenges in urban waste management in Tehran, Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic	74
Regional differences in the industrial water use efficiency of China: The spatial spillover effect and relevant factors	73
Compound utilization of construction and industrial waste as cementitious recycled powder in mortar	72
Effective and sustainable use of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash in concrete regarding strength and durability	72
China's energy-related carbon emissions projections for the shared socioeconomic pathways	72
The influence of crop and chemical fertilizer combinations on greenhouse gas emissions: A partial life-cycle assessment of fertilizer production and use in China	72
Are you an energy saver at home? The personality insights of household energy conservation behaviors based on theory of planned behavior	72
The effect of corn straw return on corn production in Northeast China: An integrated regional evaluation with meta-analysis and system dynamics	71
Circular economy-induced global employment shifts in apparel value chains: Job reduction in apparel production activities, job growth in reuse and recycling activities	71
Modeling the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete using hybrid machine learning algorithms	71
What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan	71
Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China	70
Quantification and evaluation of plastic waste in the United States	70
Modeling carbon emission trend in China's building sector to year 2060	70
Artificial alkali-activated aggregates developed from wastes and by-products: A state-of-the-art review	70
Drivers and barriers of electric vehicle usage in Malaysia: A DEMATEL approach	70
Dynamic material flow analysis of critical metals for lithium-ion battery system in China from 2000–2018	70
Recovery of spent LiCoO2 lithium-ion battery via environmentally friendly pyrolysis and hydrometallurgical leaching	69
Addressing the complex challenge of understanding and quantifying substitutability for recycled plastics	69
Global primary data on consumer food waste: Rate and characteristics – A review	69
Separation of lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt from waste lithium-ion batteries using electrodialysis	68
A GIS-based multi-criteria decision making method for the potential assessment and suitable sites selection of PV and CSP plants	68
A novel synthesis of lightweight and high-strength green geopolymer foamed material by rice husk ash and ground-granulated blast-furnace slag	68
Mapping the environmental footprints of nations partnering the Belt and Road Initiative	68
From theory to practice: systematising and testing business model archetypes for circular economy	68
Reuse of phosphogypsum as hemihydrate gypsum: The negative effect and content control of H3PO4	68

Circular economy as a COVID-19 cure?	68
Public stereotypes of recycled water end uses with different human contact: Evidence from event-related potential (ERP)	68
Environmental sustainability and footprints of global aquaculture	68
A review of bioplastics at end-of-life: Linking experimental biodegradation studies and life cycle impact assessments	68
Trade-offs and synergies in the water-energy-food nexus: The case of Saskatchewan, Canada	67
Building materials in a circular economy: The case of wood waste as CO2-sink in bio concrete	67
Microplastic pollution in Chinese urban rivers: The influence of urban factors	67
Mixture optimization for environmental, economical and mechanical objectives in silica fume concrete: A novel frame-work based on machine learning and a new meta-heuristic algorithm	67
Impact of COVID-19 on household waste flows, diversion and reuse: The case of multi-residential buildings in Toronto, Canada	67
Surface activation of scrap tire crumb rubber to improve compatibility of rubberized asphalt	67
Energy and water footprints of cereal production in China	67
Reuse of copper slag as a supplementary cementitious material: Reactivity and safety	66
Operational excellence for improving sustainable supply chain performance	66
Digital transformation and the circular economy: Creating a competitive advantage from the transition towards Net Zero Manufacturing	66
The circular economy in China: Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation	66
What are the roles of green technology innovation and ICT employment in lowering carbon intensity in China? A city-level analysis of the spatial effects	66
Collaborative innovation and sustainability in the food supply chain- evidence from farmer producer organisations	65
Comprehensive recycling of silicon photovoltaic modules incorporating organic solvent delamination – technical, environmental and economic analyses	65
Life cycle assessment of plastic waste end-of-life for India and Indonesia	65
Synergistic effects of fly ash and hooked steel fibers on strength and durability properties of high strength recycled aggregate concrete	65
Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of single-use cups made from PLA, PP and PET	65
Environmental implications of the use of bio-cement treated recycled aggregate in concrete	65
How can national ETS affect carbon emissions and abatement costs? Evidence from the dual goals proposed by China's NDCs	65
Comparison of the effects of incineration, vacuum pyrolysis and dynamic pyrolysis on the composition of NMC-lithium battery cathode-material production scraps and separation of the current collector	64
Evaluating the transition to the circular economy in the agri-food sector: Selection of indicators	64
Scarce mineral resources: Extraction, consumption and limits of sustainability	64
Influence of pre-treatment methods for recycled concrete aggregate on the performance of recycled concrete: A review	64
Pyrolysis of polyolefin plastic waste and potential applications in asphalt road construction: A technical review	64
Dry Grinding - Carbonated Ultrasound-Assisted Water Leaching of Carbothermally Reduced Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass Towards Enhanced Selective Extraction of Lithium and Recovery of High-Value Metals	63
Recent progress in silicon photovoltaic module recycling processes	63
The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK	63
Impacts of local public expenditure on CO2 emissions in Chinese cities: A spatial cluster decomposition analysis	62
Life cycle assessment of single-use surgical and embedded filtration layer (EFL) reusable face mask	62
A critical review of the recovery of rare earth elements from wastewater by algae for resources recycling technologies	62
Biochar application in anaerobic digestion: Performances, mechanisms, environmental assessment and circular economy	62
Intelligent disassembly of electric-vehicle batteries: a forward-looking overview	61
Separation and purification of platinum group metals from aqueous solution: Recent developments and industrial applications	61
Industrial disassembling as a key enabler of circular economy solutions for obsolete electric vehicle battery systems	61
Using computer vision to recognize composition of construction waste mixtures: A semantic segmentation approach	61
Identifying the regional disparities of ecosystem services from a supply-demand perspective	61
Copper at the crossroads: Assessment of the interactions between low-carbon energy transition and supply limitations	60
Global Electrification of Vehicles and Intertwined Material Supply Chains of Cobalt, Copper and Nickel	60
The supply-consumption relationship of ecological resources under ecological civilization construction in China	60
Environmental impact of discarded apparel landfilling and recycling	60
Simulation-based life cycle assessment for hydrometallurgical recycling of mixed LIB and NiMH waste	60
A dynamic material flow analysis of lithium-ion battery metals for electric vehicles and grid storage in the UK: Assessing the impact of shared mobility and end-of-life strategies	60
Dynamic and environmental performance of eco-friendly ultra-high performance concrete containing waste cathode ray tube glass as a substitution of river sand	59
Nested circularity in food systems: A Nordic case study on connecting biomass, nutrient and energy flows from field scale to continent	59
Recycling and consumption reduction following the COVID-19 lockdown: The effect of threat and coping appraisal, past behavior and information	59
Municipal solid waste derived biochars for wastewater treatment: Production, properties and applications	59
Intention in use recyclable express packaging in consumers’ behavior: An empirical study	59
The future of UK plastics recycling: One Bin to Rule Them All	59
Are consumers willing to pay for circular products? The role of recycled and second-hand attributes, messaging, and third-party certification	59
Thermochemically driven crystal phase transfer via chlorination roasting toward the selective extraction of lithium from spent LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2	58
Social interaction and the formation of residents′ low-carbon consumption behaviors: An embeddedness perspective	58
Critical assessment of renewable energy waste generation in OECD countries: Decommissioned PV panels	58
Regional allocation of renewable energy quota in China under the policy of renewable portfolio standards	58
Recycling spent water treatment adsorbents for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation reaction	58
A review on characteristics of silico-manganese slag and its utilization into construction materials	57
Evaluation of engineering properties and environmental effect of recycled gypsum stabilized soil in geotechnical engineering: A comprehensive review	57
Sustainable phosphorus supply by phosphorus recovery from steelmaking slag: a critical review	57
Spatially explicit carbon emissions at the county scale	57
One-step selective recovery and cyclic utilization of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries via low-temperature chlorination pyrolysis	57
Socioeconomic drivers of provincial-level changes in the blue and green water footprints in China	56
Biotechnological trends and market impact on the recovery of rare earth elements from bauxite residue (red mud) – A review	56
Macro-and/or microplastics as an emerging threat effect crop growth and soil health	56
Total factor energy efficiency in Chinese manufacturing industry under industry and regional heterogeneities	56
Life cycle assessment of food loss and waste in the food supply chain	56
CO2 capture from waste-to-energy plants: Techno-economic assessment of novel integration concepts of calcium looping technology	56
Local food systems and COVID-19: an insight from China	56
A systematic review of factors affecting properties of thermal-activated recycled cement	56
Revisiting the effects of prefabrication on construction waste minimization: A quantitative study using bigger data	56
Recovery of cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries using eutectic system of lithium compounds	55
Electric vehicles lithium-ion batteries reverse logistics implementation barriers analysis: A TISM-MICMAC approach	55
Valorization of recycled FRP materials from wind turbine blades in concrete	54
Circular entrepreneurship: A business model perspective	54
AI-guided auto-discovery of low-carbon cost-effective ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)	54
Are the circular economy and economic growth compatible? A case for post-growth circularity	54
The prospects of waste management in the hospitality sector post COVID-19	54
Complete re-utilization of waste concretes–Valorisation pathways and research needs	54
Performance modifying techniques for recycled thermoplastics	54
Chinese Baijiu distiller's grains resourcing: Current progress and future prospects	54
Extended producer responsibility: How to unlock the environmental and economic potential of plastic packaging waste?	54
Innovative technologies for recycling End-of-Life concrete waste in the built environment	54
The challenges in recycling post-consumer polyolefins for food contact applications: A review	54
Recycling of post-consumer multilayer Tetra Pak® packaging with the Selective Dissolution-Precipitation process	54
A comprehensive review of urban mining and the value recovery from e-waste materials	53
Life cycle carbon dioxide emissions of bike sharing in China: Production, operation, and recycling	53
Reuse of waste glass powder in alkali-activated metakaolin/fly ash pastes: Physical properties, reaction kinetics and microstructure	53
Applicability of the environmental Kuznets curve to construction waste management: A panel analysis of 27 European economies	53
Structural reuse of high end composite products: A design case study on wind turbine blades	53
The role of technological innovation in plastic production within a circular economy framework	53
Data analytics of social media publicity to enhance household waste management	52
Pathways to carbon neutrality: Challenges and opportunities	52
Replacing synthetic fertilizer by manure requires adjusted technology and incentives: A farm survey across China	52