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Trollman, H 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-282X, Colwill, J and Jagtap, S,
2021.
A circularity indicator tool for measuring the ecological embeddedness of manufacturing.
Sustainability, 13 (16): 8773.
ISSN 2071-1050
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Abstract
Circularity in manufacturing is critical to reducing raw material usage and waste. Ecological embeddedness examines circular relationships intended to benefit both economic actors and the natural environment. By understanding circular relationships in the value chain, manufacturers can formulate strategies that are eco-effective. This work develops and validates an original circularity tool to measure the ecological embeddedness of manufacturers using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The tool is tested on process manufacturers selling products in the United Kingdom. The three main results are that the tool is useful and comprehensive (87% of users), enables simple comparisons with competitors, and identifies weaknesses in strategies related to the five dimensions connecting manufacturers, consumers, and the environment: understanding, realising, utilising, negotiating, and reclaiming. Manufacturers may use the tool to improve their ecological embeddedness, and sector-based circularity levels may be established for policy development. The novelty of the tool is in the use of ecological relationships to support achievement of a circular economy.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Sustainability |
| Creators: | Trollman, H., Colwill, J. and Jagtap, S. |
| Publisher: | MDPI AG |
| Date: | 5 August 2021 |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Number: | 16 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.3390/su13168773 DOI 1456849 Other |
| Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences |
| Record created by: | Laura Ward |
| Date Added: | 13 Aug 2021 08:51 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2021 08:51 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/43932 |
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