Resources Conservation and Recycling

Article	Citations
Challenges toward carbon neutrality in China: Strategies and countermeasures	681
Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak	507
A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies	469
Challenges, opportunities, and innovations for effective solid waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic	455
Blockchain for the future of sustainable supply chain management in Industry 4.0	389
A brave new world: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for transitioning to sustainable supply and production	342
Pro-environmental behaviors through the lens of the theory of planned behavior: A scoping review	338
A Comprehensive Review on Recycled Aggregate and Recycled Aggregate Concrete	315
Recycling waste rubber tyres in construction materials and associated environmental considerations: A review	293
Policies for transitioning towards a circular economy: Expectations from the European Union (EU)	263
The impact of low-carbon city construction on ecological efficiency: Empirical evidence from quasi-natural experiments	233
Improper solid waste management increases potential for COVID-19 spread in developing countries	231
A typology of circular economy discourses: Navigating the diverse visions of a contested paradigm	226
Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction – A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities	221
Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers	211
Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag	207
Blockchain technology adoption barriers in the Indian agricultural supply chain: an integrated approach	204
The narrative of sustainability and circular economy - A longitudinal review of two decades of research	204
Digital technologies catalyzing business model innovation for circular economy—Multiple case study	194
Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes – the environmental potential of chemical recycling	188
Review of critical metal dynamics to 2050 for 48 elements	187
Energy transition and carbon neutrality: Exploring the non-linear impact of renewable energy development on carbon emission efficiency in developed countries	187
Does digital financial inclusion matter for economic growth and environmental sustainability in OBRI economies? An empirical analysis	187
The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China	185
Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions	169

Effects of agriculture, renewable energy, and economic growth on carbon dioxide emissions: Evidence of the environmental Kuznets curve	168
Making the circular economy work for human development	163
Use of steel slag as sustainable construction materials: A review of accelerated carbonation treatment	163
Nutritional and environmental losses embedded in global food waste	161
Recycling sludge on cropland as fertilizer – Advantages and risks	158
Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives	154
Step towards the sustainable toxic dyes removal and recycling from aqueous solution- A comprehensive review	154
Industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and carbon productivity: Evidence from China	150
How technological innovation impacts urban green economy efficiency in emerging economies: A case study of 278 Chinese cities	147
A qualitative assessment of lithium ion battery recycling processes	146
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	146
A review of methods and data to determine raw material criticality	140
SYNCHRONIZED BARRIERS FOR CIRCULAR SUPPLY CHAINS IN INDUSTRY 3.5/INDUSTRY 4.0 TRANSITION FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	136
Barriers and overcoming strategies to supply chain sustainability innovation	134
Identifying supply risks by mapping the cobalt supply chain	133
Metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards: A review for current status and perspectives	130
Deployment of electric vehicles in China to meet the carbon neutral target by 2060: Provincial disparities in energy systems, CO2 emissions, and cost effectiveness	129
COVID-19 waste management: Effective and successful measures in Wuhan, China	128
Recent progress in recycling carbon fibre reinforced composites and dry carbon fibre wastes	127
Lightweight foamed concrete as a promising avenue for incorporating waste materials: A review	127
Circular economy implementation in the agricultural sector: Definition, strategies and indicators	123
Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread-prevention actions on urban water consumption	122
Recycling and management practices of plastic packaging waste towards a circular economy in South Korea	122
Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles	121
The Green Print: Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare	121
Interplay between reverse logistics and circular economy: Critical success factors-based taxonomy and framework	121
Recycling waste classification using optimized convolutional neural network	120
Accelerating the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality	118
Exploring environmental benefits of reuse and recycle practices: A circular economy case study of a modular building	115
Industry 4.0 for sustainable manufacturing: Opportunities at the product, process, and system levels	115
Near-zero-waste processing of low-grade, complex primary ores and secondary raw materials in Europe: technology development trends	115
Major metals demand, supply, and environmental impacts to 2100: A critical review	114
Review of life-cycle environmental consequences of waste-to-energy solutions on the municipal solid waste management system	114
Critical success and risk factors for circular business models valorising agricultural waste and by-products	113
Micro(nano)plastics and terrestrial plants: Up-to-date knowledge on uptake, translocation, and phytotoxicity	111
Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders’ awareness, major challenges, and enablers	110
A review of recent developments in catalytic applications of biochar-based materials	110
Legacy additives in a circular economy of plastics: Current dilemma, policy analysis, and emerging countermeasures	109
A comprehensive review of biomass based thermochemical conversion technologies integrated with CO2 capture and utilisation within BECCS networks	109
From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products?	109
Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag	109
Remanufacturing for the circular economy: Study and evaluation of critical factors	108
A review of wastewater irrigation: Environmental implications	106
Microplastics in agroecosystems-impacts on ecosystem functions and food chain	105
A circular economy within the planetary boundaries: Towards a resource-based, systemic approach	103
A comprehensive review on performance of cementitious and geopolymeric concretes with recycled waste glass as powder, sand or cullet	102
Implementing the circular economy paradigm in the agri-food supply chain: The role of food waste prevention technologies	102
Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction	102
Environmental regulation and its influence on energy-environmental performance: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from China's iron and steel industry	101
Evolutionary game analysis on behavioral strategies of multiple stakeholders in E-waste recycling industry	101

Solid waste management in China: Policy and driving factors in 2004–2019	100
The impact of digital technology development on carbon emissions: A spatial effect analysis for China	99
Application of waste tire rubber and recycled aggregates in concrete products: A new compression casting approach	99
Advances in bio-waste derived activated carbon for supercapacitors: Trends, challenges and prospective	96
Challenges and recent developments in supply and value chains of electric vehicle batteries: A sustainability perspective	96
Technological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes	91
Opportunities and challenges in IoT-enabled circular business model implementation – A case study	91
The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon intensity: Spatial spillover and mediating effect	90
Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?	90
Evolutionary game analysis of construction waste recycling management in China	90
Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium-ion Batteries: A Critical Review	88
Factors influencing ecosystem services in the Pearl River Delta, China: Spatiotemporal differentiation and varying importance	87
Why “Circular” doesn't always mean “Sustainable”	86
Consumers’ awareness of plastic packaging: More than just environmental concerns	86
Global environmental impacts of silver nanoparticle production methods supported by life cycle assessment	86
Influence of Russia-Ukraine War on the Global Energy and Food Security	86
Government regulation to promote coordinated emission reduction among enterprises in the green supply chain based on evolutionary game analysis	85
Environmental life cycle assessment of construction and demolition waste recycling: A case of urban India	85
Identifying the main crops and key factors determining the carbon footprint of crop production in China, 2001–2018	85
United States plastics: Large flows, short lifetimes, and negligible recycling	83
Assessing scaling effects of circular economy strategies: A case study on plastic bottle closed-loop recycling in the USA PET market	83
Concerns and strategies for wastewater treatment during COVID-19 pandemic to stop plausible transmission	83
Design from recycling: A complex mixed plastic waste case study	83
Building a circular plastics economy with informal waste pickers: Recyclate quality, business model, and societal impacts	83
Invasive plants as potential sustainable feedstocks for biochar production and multiple applications: A review	82
Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions	81
Recycling of multi-material multilayer plastic packaging: Current trends and future scenarios	80
Techno-economic assessment of mechanical recycling of challenging post-consumer plastic packaging waste	80
Utilization of waste concrete recycling materials in self-compacting concrete	80
Spaceship earth's odyssey to a circular economy - a century long perspective	80
How to increase maize production without extra nitrogen input	79
Supply chains in circular business models: processes and performance objectives	79
Bioprocessing of spent lithium ion batteries for critical metals recovery – A review	79
Development of machine learning - based models to forecast solid waste generation in residential areas: A case study from Vietnam	79
Recyclability of rubber in asphalt roadway systems: A review of applied research and advancement in technology	78
Green transition pathways for cement industry in China	78
Recycling spent lithium-ion battery as adsorbents to remove aqueous heavy metals: Adsorption kinetics, isotherms, and regeneration assessment	78
Public attitudes towards microplastics: Perceptions, behaviors and policy implications	78
Potential contributions of wind and solar power to China's carbon neutrality	78
Rare earth metals from secondary sources: Review of potential supply from waste and byproducts	78
Environmental life cycle assessment of textile bio-recycling – valorizing cotton-polyester textile waste to pet fiber and glucose syrup	77
The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use	76
Coupling efficiency measurement and spatial correlation characteristic of water–energy–food nexus in China	76
The rebound effect on water extraction from subsidising irrigation infrastructure in Australia	75
Circular fashion: Properties of fabrics made from mechanically recycled poly-ethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles	75
Wind turbine blade material in the United States: Quantities, costs, and end-of-life options	74
Economic analysis of the disassembling activities to the reuse of electric vehicles Li-ion batteries	74
Emergency response to the explosive growth of health care wastes during COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China	74
Application of demolition wastes mixed with crushed glass and crumb rubber in pavement base/subbase	72
Potential to decarbonize the commercial building operation of the top two emitters by 2060	72
There is no sustainable circular economy without a circular society	72
Effects of land use and cover change (LUCC) on terrestrial carbon stocks in China between 2000 and 2018	71
Recycling pathways for platinum group metals from spent automotive catalyst: A review on conventional approaches and bio-processes	71
Assessing the determinants of intentions and behaviors of organizations towards a circular economy for plastics	71
Circularity indicator for residential buildings: Addressing the gap between embodied impacts and design aspects	70
Enhancing purchase intention in circular economy: An empirical evidence of remanufactured automotive product in Thailand	70
Life cycle assessment of integrated bioelectrochemical-constructed wetland system: environmental sustainability and economic feasibility evaluation	70
Exploring nutrient recovery from hydroponics in urban agriculture: An environmental assessment	69
Use of recycled concrete aggregates from precast block for the production of new building blocks: An industrial scale study	69
Water-energy nexus within urban agglomeration: An assessment framework combining the multiregional input-output model, virtual water, and embodied energy	69
Environmental feasibility of secondary use of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries in communication base stations	69
Pilot-scale extraction of iron from flotation tailings via suspension magnetization roasting in a mixture of CO and H2 followed by magnetic separation	69
Rural household food waste characteristics and driving factors in China	69
Cross-regional mobility of construction and demolition waste in Australia: An exploratory study	68
Garbage classification system based on improved ShuffleNet v2	68
Measuring progress of China's circular economy	68
Impact of COVID-19 on household waste flows, diversion and reuse: The case of multi-residential buildings in Toronto, Canada	67
Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem	67
Spatiotemporal patterns of industrial carbon emissions at the city level	67
Impact of the dual-credit policy on improvements in fuel economy and the production of internal combustion engine vehicles	67
Sustainable supply chain management trends in world regions: A data-driven analysis	67
A comprehensive review on the recycling of discarded printed circuit boards for resource recovery	67
Carbon reduction potential of China's coal-fired power plants based on a CCUS source-sink matching model	67
Selecting sustainable technologies for disposal of municipal sewage sludge using a multi-criterion decision-making method: A case study from China	66
Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil to Produce A Sustainable Rejuvenator for Aged Asphalt	66
Vehicle routing problem in cold Chain logistics: A joint distribution model with carbon trading mechanisms	66
Opportunities and challenges associated with using municipal waste incineration ash as a raw ingredient in cement production – a review	66
Opportunities and challenges for solid waste reuse and recycling in emerging economies: A hybrid analysis	66
Emerging challenges in urban waste management in Tehran, Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic	66
Induction mechanism and optimization of tradable green certificates and carbon emission trading acting on electricity market in China	66

Transportation of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries at end-of-life: A literature review	66
Framework for quantifying environmental losses of plastics from landfills	66
Recyclable waste image recognition based on deep learning	65
State of the art in recycling waste thermoplastics and thermosets and their applications in construction	65
China's energy-related carbon emissions projections for the shared socioeconomic pathways	65
Regional differences in the industrial water use efficiency of China: The spatial spillover effect and relevant factors	65
Transition towards a circular economy at a regional level: A case study on closing biological loops	65
Circular economy as a COVID-19 cure?	65
Has the Sustainable Development Planning Policy Promoted the Green Transformation in China's Resource-based Cities?	64
Public stereotypes of recycled water end uses with different human contact: Evidence from event-related potential (ERP)	64
Ecological civilization and government administrative system reform in China	64
Overview on stress-induced strategies for enhanced microalgae lipid production: Application, mechanisms and challenges	64
Highly efficient recovery of platinum, palladium, and rhodium from spent automotive catalysts via iron melting collection	64
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	63
Fundamental thermokinetic study of a sustainable lithium-ion battery pyrometallurgical recycling process	63
Recycling of natural fiber composites: Challenges and opportunities	63
Assessment of Plastic Stocks and Flows in China: 1978-2017	63
The influence of crop and chemical fertilizer combinations on greenhouse gas emissions: A partial life-cycle assessment of fertilizer production and use in China	63
The effect of corn straw return on corn production in Northeast China: An integrated regional evaluation with meta-analysis and system dynamics	62
A Circular Economy Life Cycle Assessment (CE-LCA) model for building components	62
A sustainable process for selective recovery of lithium as lithium phosphate from spent LiFePO4 batteries	62
Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their social-ecological drivers: Implications for spatial planning and management	61
Microplastics in Mexican beaches	61
Waste recycling in ceramic tiles: a technological outlook	61
When plastic packaging should be preferred: Life cycle analysis of packages for fruit and vegetable distribution in the Spanish peninsular market	61
Microplastic pollution in Chinese urban rivers: The influence of urban factors	60
From theory to practice: systematising and testing business model archetypes for circular economy	60
Are you an energy saver at home? The personality insights of household energy conservation behaviors based on theory of planned behavior	60
Game-based system dynamics simulation of deposit-refund scheme for electric vehicle battery recycling in China	60
Potentials for a circular economy of mineral construction materials and demolition waste in urban areas: a case study from Vienna	60
Circular economy: Preserving materials or products? Introducing the Resource States framework	60
Dynamic material flow analysis of critical metals for lithium-ion battery system in China from 2000–2018	60
A review on chemometric techniques with infrared, Raman and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for sorting plastic waste in the recycling industry	60
Effective and sustainable use of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash in concrete regarding strength and durability	60
Mapping the environmental footprints of nations partnering the Belt and Road Initiative	60
Key factors influencing public awareness of household solid waste recycling in urban areas of China: A case study	60
What medical waste management system may cope With COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Wuhan	60
Moving from linear to circular household plastic packaging in Belgium: Prospective life cycle assessment of mechanical and thermochemical recycling	60
Energy and water footprints of cereal production in China	60
Life cycle environmental sustainability of valorisation routes for spent coffee grounds: From waste to resources	60
Reuse of copper slag as a supplementary cementitious material: Reactivity and safety	59
Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China	59
Consumers’ environmental ethics, willingness, and green consumerism between lower and higher income groups	59
A novel synthesis of lightweight and high-strength green geopolymer foamed material by rice husk ash and ground-granulated blast-furnace slag	59
Circular business models for electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries: An analysis of current practices of vehicle manufacturers and policies in the EU	59
Trade-offs and synergies in the water-energy-food nexus: The case of Saskatchewan, Canada	59
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	59
Circular economy-induced global employment shifts in apparel value chains: Job reduction in apparel production activities, job growth in reuse and recycling activities	59
System dynamics modelling for improving urban resilience in Beijing, China	59
Recycling strategies of spent V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalyst: A review	59
Understanding choice behavior towards plastic consumption: An emerging market investigation	58
Water reuse for sustainable microalgae cultivation: current knowledge and future directions	58
Consumers’ sustainability-related perception of and willingness-to-pay for food packaging alternatives	58
How can national ETS affect carbon emissions and abatement costs? Evidence from the dual goals proposed by China's NDCs	58
Compound utilization of construction and industrial waste as cementitious recycled powder in mortar	57
Technical pathways for distributed recycling of polymer composites for distributed manufacturing: Windshield wiper blades	57
Building materials in a circular economy: The case of wood waste as CO2-sink in bio concrete	57
Recycling and consumption reduction following the COVID-19 lockdown: The effect of threat and coping appraisal, past behavior and information	57
Material flow analysis for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from battery electric vehicles in the USA and China	57
Synergistic effects of fly ash and hooked steel fibers on strength and durability properties of high strength recycled aggregate concrete	57
The application of deep eutectic solvents in lithium-ion battery recycling: A comprehensive review	57
Disruption risks to material supply chains in the electronics sector	57
Systemic building blocks for creating and capturing value from circular economy	56
Temporal and spatial analysis for end-of-life power batteries from electric vehicles in China	56
The supply-consumption relationship of ecological resources under ecological civilization construction in China	55
Workability and mechanical properties of mortar containing recycled sand from aerated concrete blocks and sintered clay bricks	55
Comparative life-cycle assessment of pyrolysis processes for producing bio-oil, biochar, and activated carbon from sewage sludge	55
Drivers and barriers of electric vehicle usage in Malaysia: A DEMATEL approach	55
Reuse of phosphogypsum as hemihydrate gypsum: The negative effect and content control of H3PO4	55
COVID-19: A pandemic with positive and negative outcomes on resource and waste flows and stocks	55
How does government attention matter in air pollution control? Evidence from government annual reports	55
Determinants of consumer’s intention to purchase authentic green furniture	55
Life cycle assessment of single-use surgical and embedded filtration layer (EFL) reusable face mask	55
Waste prevention, energy recovery or recycling - Directions for household food waste management in light of circular economy policy	55
Environmental implications of the use of bio-cement treated recycled aggregate in concrete	55
Environmental impacts of plastic packaging of food products	55
Are waste hierarchies effective in reducing environmental impacts from food waste? A systematic review for OECD countries	55
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	55
A GIS-based multi-criteria decision making method for the potential assessment and suitable sites selection of PV and CSP plants	55
Global primary data on consumer food waste: Rate and characteristics – A review	54
Evaluating the transition to the circular economy in the agri-food sector: Selection of indicators	54
Impacts of local public expenditure on CO2 emissions in Chinese cities: A spatial cluster decomposition analysis	54
Operational excellence for improving sustainable supply chain performance	54
Collaborative innovation and sustainability in the food supply chain- evidence from farmer producer organisations	54
Utilization of off-specification fly ash in preparing ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC): Mixture design, characterization, and life-cycle assessment	54
Evolutionary process of household waste separation behavior based on social networks	53
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	53
Addressing the complex challenge of understanding and quantifying substitutability for recycled plastics	53
Scarce mineral resources: Extraction, consumption and limits of sustainability	53
Recovery of spent LiCoO2 lithium-ion battery via environmentally friendly pyrolysis and hydrometallurgical leaching	53
Recycling and utilization of high volume converter steel slag into CO2 activated mortars – The role of slag particle size	53
Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of single-use cups made from PLA, PP and PET	53
Modeling carbon emission trend in China's building sector to year 2060	53
Identifying the regional disparities of ecosystem services from a supply-demand perspective	53
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	53