The fashion industry is ranked as the second largest cause of environmental pollution. In this context, circular business models emerge as key tools to address the negative impacts of the textile industry. The aim of this work is to identify alternatives to the currently dominant model followed by...
Sustainability and environmental management
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This paper is aimed at highlighting the main barriers that hamper Italian small and medium enterprises from implementing the industrial symbiosis practice. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted with top managers of 10 Italian small and medium enterprises. The barriers mentioned by managers...
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In today's technological age, the issue of e-waste management is becoming increasingly critical. Although several studies have detected and proposed innovative technologies to both enable and increase e-waste recycling performance, end users often dispose of obsolete products inappropriately. The...
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Two transitions, green and digital, are changing the operations and strategies of industrial systems. At the same time, businesses are challenged to be globally competitive. Europe has a very ambitious agenda as it aims to be the first climate-neutral continent in 2050. The european emissions...
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Nowadays, enhancing the sustainability of production processes is one of the keys to supporting the transition towards the circular economy. An important issue concerns reducing the amounts of industrial wastes and byproducts disposed of in landfill and the amounts of virgin inputs used by...
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Il gruppo di ricerca si occupa dello studio e della gestione dei sistemi industriali complessi, con particolare attenzione a sicurezza, sostenibilità e digitalizzazione. Le attività si articolano in diversi filoni, che vanno dalla modellazione dei sistemi socio-tecnici in ottica di resilience...
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Technological innovation has been widely recognized both as a trigger and catalyzer towards sustainability. However, hardly ever manufacturing companies are ready and mature enough to employ technological innovations in their processes and business. Given the relevance of technological innovation...