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Look before you leap: Are increased recycling efforts accelerating microplastic pollution? 三思而后行：加大回收力度是否会加速微塑料污染？

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13578

Sebastian Kahlert, Catharina R. Bening

{"title":"Look before you leap: Are increased recycling efforts accelerating microplastic pollution?","authors":"Sebastian Kahlert, Catharina R. Bening","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13578","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jiec.13578","url":null,"abstract":"To fight plastic pollution and reach net-zero ambitions, policy and industry set goals to increase the recycling of plastics and the recycled content in products. While this ideally reduces demand for virgin material, it also increases pressure on recyclers to find suitable endmarkets for the recyclate. This may lead to two effects: a multiplication of recycled content in applications already made of plastic and a substitution of non-plastic materials with cheap, low-quality recyclate. Both areas of application may be sources of microplastic (MP) pollution. Combined with the inherent degradation of recyclate during its lifecycle, but also during recycling, we expect the increase in recycled content will subsequently lead to an increase in MP pollution. We propose a framework to investigate the risk of MP generation through plastic applications throughout their subsequent lifecycle of production, use phase, and end of life. We apply the framework to two prominent examples of recyclate endmarkets, that is, textiles and wood–plastic, and point out where the degradation effects can cause higher release. To conclude, we outline a research agenda to support policymakers in their decision making on specifying targets for recycling and recycled content.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1926-1939"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11667650/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142895314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tradeoffs and synergy between material cycles and greenhouse gas emissions: Opportunities in a rapidly growing housing stock 材料循环与温室气体排放之间的权衡与协同：快速增长的住房存量中的机遇。

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13576

Sophia Igdalov, Tomer Fishman, Vered Blass

{"title":"Tradeoffs and synergy between material cycles and greenhouse gas emissions: Opportunities in a rapidly growing housing stock","authors":"Sophia Igdalov, Tomer Fishman, Vered Blass","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13576","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jiec.13576","url":null,"abstract":"Management of building materials’ stocks and flows is a major opportunity for circularity and de-carbonization. We examine the relationship between material consumption and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under different scenarios in Israel, a developed country with an already high population density that expects tremendous growth in its housing stock by 2050. We created scenarios of varying housing unit sizes and additional material efficiency practices: fabrication yield, lifetime extension, material substitution, recycling, and their combination, resulting in 18 scenarios. In each scenario, the material flows and stocks needed to supply the housing demand and the resulting life-cycle GHG emissions are quantified. No single material efficiency practice achieves a reduction in all indicators, suggesting a potential conflict between circular economy and decarbonization policies: The material substitution scenario allows for the biggest reduction in material consumption (12%–40% concrete reduction and 15%–51% steel reduction in 2050 compared with the baseline), while the recycling scenario achieves the biggest reduction in GHG emissions (22%–43% reduction in 2050 compared with the baseline). In the long-term, the life-extension scenario reduces most demolition waste. These findings can help policymakers and stakeholders consider the impacts of raw materials consumption and implement this knowledge in light of their priorities in policy packages. The results suggest a narrow window of opportunity within the next decade to influence material consumption and emissions to 2050. The findings could also shed light on the sustainability trajectories of other countries with similarly rapidly developing building stock, which have received little attention in this field.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1912-1925"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11667649/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142895338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The landscape of city-level GHG emission accounts in Africa

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13562

Binyuan Liu, Yuli Shan, Riemer Kuik, Xiande Ji, Lazarus Chapungu, Xiaofan Yang, Klaus Hubacek

{"title":"The landscape of city-level GHG emission accounts in Africa","authors":"Binyuan Liu, Yuli Shan, Riemer Kuik, Xiande Ji, Lazarus Chapungu, Xiaofan Yang, Klaus Hubacek","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13562","url":null,"abstract":"Cities are important actors in the global challenge of tackling climate change. They are not only responsible for the majority of emissions but also highly capable of taking action. An important precondition for effective climate mitigation is a city-level greenhouse gas emission inventory to guide mitigation action. Yet, most cities in developing countries, in particular African cities, lack that crucial information. This study aims to assess the current state of the development of African cities' emission inventories. A total of 270 inventories from 137 cities across 54 African countries were identified from 15 research articles, 5 reports, and 3 data platforms. We find the lack of standardized protocols results in inventories that are often not comparable, while data scarcity emerged as a common problem. We observe that insufficient engagement from local governments impedes the creation of a data-rich environment. Additionally, current inventory protocols do not fully address the data limitations faced by African cities, further hindering inventory development. To mitigate these challenges, multi-agent collaboration is essential to enhance the accounting capabilities of local governments. Developing refined protocols that consider data constraints is necessary. Moreover, advanced technologies may provide opportunities to overcome data bottlenecks.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1377-1391"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.13562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Carbon disclosures and information asymmetry: Empirical evidence on the importance of text in understanding numerical emission allowance disclosures

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13574

Tobias Steindl, Florian Habermann, Stephan Küster

{"title":"Carbon disclosures and information asymmetry: Empirical evidence on the importance of text in understanding numerical emission allowance disclosures","authors":"Tobias Steindl, Florian Habermann, Stephan Küster","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13574","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon disclosures are essential for investors to evaluate firms’ efforts to combat climate change. In this study, we focus on a specific type of carbon disclosures—namely, emission allowance disclosures—that capture how firms implement emission reductions under the European Union emission trading system (EU ETS). Given the continuously changing institutional features of the EU ETS and the lack of authoritative guidance on how firms should account for emission allowances in their financial statements, it is exceedingly difficult for investors to understand numerical emission allowance disclosures and to compare them across—and even within—firms. Motivated by this criticism, we hypothesize and find that textual disclosures complementing numerical emission allowance disclosures are associated with lower information asymmetries between firms and their investors. Further analyses show that textual disclosures that: (i) describe the accounting approach, and (ii) contain institutional information on the EU ETS, respectively, are particularly important for improving the information environment of numerical emission allowance disclosures. Overall, our findings suggest that text can improve the understanding of numbers in a carbon disclosure context. Therefore, our study not only contributes to the (industrial ecology) literature but also has important implications for regulators, policymakers, investors, financial analysts, and firms.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1883-1899"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.13574","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Analyzing the scope and effectiveness of business-level circularity indicators

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13577

Idoia Urain, José Alberto Eguren, Joan Manuel F. Mendoza, Daniel Justel

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In-use dissipation of technology-critical elements from vehicles and renewable energy technologies in Vienna, Austria: A public health matter? 在奥地利维也纳，车辆和可再生能源技术中技术关键要素的使用耗散：一个公共卫生问题？

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13571

André Baumgart, Daniela Haluza, Thomas Prohaska, Simone Trimmel, Ulrike Pitha, Johanna Irrgeher, Dominik Wiedenhofer

{"title":"In-use dissipation of technology-critical elements from vehicles and renewable energy technologies in Vienna, Austria: A public health matter?","authors":"André Baumgart, Daniela Haluza, Thomas Prohaska, Simone Trimmel, Ulrike Pitha, Johanna Irrgeher, Dominik Wiedenhofer","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13571","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jiec.13571","url":null,"abstract":"The rollout of electric vehicles and photovoltaic panels is essential to mitigate climate change. However, they depend on technology-critical elements (TCEs), which can be harmful to human health and whose use is rapidly expanding, while recycling is lacking. While mining has received substantial attention, in-use dissipation in urban areas has so far not been assessed, for example, corrosion and abrasion of vehicle components and weather-related effects affecting thin-film photovoltaic panels. Therefore, the question arises to which extent TCEs dissipate during use and which potential non-occupational human health impacts could occur. We assessed the available information on urban in-use dissipation and human health concerns and conducted exploratory modeling of in-use technology stocks, in- and outflows, and in-use dissipation of neodymium, dysprosium, lanthanum, praseodymium, cerium, gallium, germanium, and tellurium contained in 21 vehicle and renewable energy technologies, for Vienna, Austria. In prospective scenarios, TCE dynamics in a trend-continuation vis à vis official city policy plans and a more ambitious transition scenario were then assessed. We find that electrifying the vehicle fleet without demand-reduction is the main driver of TCE consumption, effectively doubling cumulative end-of-life outflows to 3,073 [2,452–3,966] t and cumulative in-use dissipation to 9.3 [5.2–15.7] t by the year 2060. Sufficiency-based measures could reduce demand and in-use dissipation well below levels with continued trends, thus highlighting the need to combine decarbonization with demand-reducing measures. These results help assess potential future in-use dissipation dynamics and inform discussions about potential public health hazards associated with exposure to TCEs accumulating in the urban environment.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1857-1870"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11667654/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142895299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Review: Leather sustainability, an industrial ecology in process

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13547

Agnès Thomasset, Stéphane Benayoun

{"title":"Review: Leather sustainability, an industrial ecology in process","authors":"Agnès Thomasset, Stéphane Benayoun","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13547","url":null,"abstract":"Leather production is a historic industry that still has an economic influence throughout the world. Leather making is done following a sequence of complex chemical and mechanical steps, using energy, quantity of water and chemicals, and generating waste. For several decades, many organizations have been working toward a cleaner tannery industry resulting in better practices, saving energy and water, and increasing wastewater treatment efficiency. Solid waste management remains a big issue. Another question posed today is the use of chromium in tanning. It is why a lot of research is now dedicated to metal-free tanning solutions. Chromium alternatives exist but none can actually rival all the advantages of chromium and a balance must be found with environmental issues. To measure the environmental performance of leather, several tools are available. The LWG (Leather Working Group) audit is one of them. On the side of consumers, some reliable leather ecolabelings exist. Finally, life cycle assessment (LCA) is the most exhaustive tool for characterizing leather's environmental performance. Numerous LCA studies done in the past two decades underline the difficulty in obtaining general results, considering the large variety of processes used depending on tanneries, localization, and raw materials. In addition, the data available for LCA are still poor in regard to the specific data needed for leather chemicals. The best methods associated with new technologies, audit, and labeling lead leather production into a cleaner and environment-friendly industry.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1842-1856"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.13547","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Integrating material flow analysis and supply chain resilience analysis to study silicon carbide

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13541

Catrin Böcher, Benjamin Sprecher, Tomer Fishman

{"title":"Integrating material flow analysis and supply chain resilience analysis to study silicon carbide","authors":"Catrin Böcher, Benjamin Sprecher, Tomer Fishman","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13541","url":null,"abstract":"Silicon carbide (SiC) is a niche nonmetallic material that is essential in many industrial processes. Here, we integrate material flow analysis and supply chain resilience analysis to understand global SiC stocks and flows and to assess its supply chain. We use industry interviews to fill data gaps and collect information on the SiC system to overcome data scarcity. We find that globally around 1000 kt of SiC is produced each year. The biggest use of SiC is the abrasives industry (40%), followed by metallurgy (28%), refractories (20%), technical ceramics (0.7%), other uses (0.7%), and semiconductors (0.01%). As an energy-intensive material, the SiC supply chain is under pressure, increasing the relevance of resilience considerations. Besides typical supply chain risks such as low diversity of supply and geopolitical trade restrictions, SiC particularly faces risks due to its energy-intensive production process and associated emissions. In the SiC semiconductor supply chain, losses of nearly 75% are a particular issue. Due to high demand in the SiC market, stockpiles are negligible, and substitution is difficult in most sectors. We find that in the case of SiC, sustainability measures such as use reduction, recycling, or decreasing energy use or emissions would also positively contribute to supply chain resilience. This article met the requirements for a gold-gold JIE data openness badge described at http://jie.click/badges.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1830-1841"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.13541","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Middle-out evolution of greenfield eco-industrial parks: The journey of GreenLab, Denmark

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13569

L. Mortensen, L. Kørnøv, A. N. Gjerding, E. Rattigan, L. Schlüter

{"title":"Middle-out evolution of greenfield eco-industrial parks: The journey of GreenLab, Denmark","authors":"L. Mortensen, L. Kørnøv, A. N. Gjerding, E. Rattigan, L. Schlüter","doi":"10.1111/jiec.13569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13569","url":null,"abstract":"Transforming into eco-industrial parks (EIPs) by applying collaborative measures and stakeholder engagement is a practical and political response to the decline of current industrial parks, and a solution for fostering sustainable industrial development. While the brownfield approach (EIP development through retrofits and new strategies of existing establishments) is common, greenfield development—where sustainability is inherent in planning, design, and construction—is gaining interest. The present study uses the case of GreenLab in Denmark to explore the emergence and development of greenfield EIPs, showcasing the potential of a middle-out approach and emphasizing the role of curation in contrast to top-down and bottom-up processes. The study draws on a process-model analytical framework, encompassing the evolutionary phases, the actors involved, and the co-creation of the journey. The development of GreenLab is found to have passed through three phases of evolution: pre-emergence, emergence, and probation, increasing the “networkness” in the business park. We point to several critical factors that drove these phases, among which shared vision, road mapping, and engagement and political support from local, regional, and national actors are critical. Furthermore, strategic planning, continuous funding, and strong collaboration with research institutions have been essential. The replication potential of GreenLab is substantial, and the experiences accumulated over the years can guide other greenfield EIPs and new research avenues considering greenfield EIPs.","PeriodicalId":16050,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial Ecology","volume":"28 6","pages":"1816-1829"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jiec.13569","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Estimating the carbon footprint of digital agriculture deployment: A parametric bottom-up modeling approach

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Journal of Industrial Ecology Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13568

Pierre La Rocca, Gaël Guennebaud, Aurélie Bugeau, Anne-Laure Ligozat

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