Also: circular economy, landfill vs compost
Research on keeping materials in use and composting instead of landfilling.
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Geissdoerfer and colleagues reviewed the literature to clarify how the circular economy relates to sustainability.
As reported in: Geissdoerfer, Savaget, Bocken et al. (2017). The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?. Journal of Cleaner Production. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.048
Lou and Nair reviewed greenhouse gas emissions from landfilling and composting across life-cycle activities.
As reported in: Lou, Nair (2009). The impact of landfilling and composting on greenhouse gas emissions – A review. Bioresource Technology. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2008.12.006
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