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{"title":"The actionability of household food waste reduction","authors":"Xiaolei Li ,&nbsp;Wuyang Hu ,&nbsp;Jian Li ,&nbsp;Ping Qing","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While technically feasible, completely avoiding certain waste in real-life may be challenging. We construct the concept of actionability to classify six causes for household food waste based on the difficulty of action to address them. Using data from an online survey of 1746 consumers from China, we show that the actionability-adjusted food waste is 2.4 to 10.6 percentage points lower than the traditional measure, translating to up to 7.2 million tons or $26.5 billion in reduced waste in 2019. The main causes of food waste are similar in total food and four main specific categories of food. Our statistical models show that consumer demographic characteristics also interact with the levels of actionability among different types of food. Our findings can advance the measurement of and the creation of more realistic and effective policies to reduce household food waste.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"51 ","pages":"Pages 55-66"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142242665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the application and decision optimization of climate-smart agriculture within land-energy-food-waste nexus","authors":"Bo Yu ,&nbsp;Xuehao Bi ,&nbsp;Xueqing Liu ,&nbsp;Hua Sun ,&nbsp;Jeroen Buysse","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.019","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.019","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The escalating threat of climate change from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increasingly threatens the stability of agricultural systems, emphasizing the pressing necessity to transition towards sustainable, low-carbon practices. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an evolving approach to balance heightened crop productivity, reduced GHG emissions, and enhanced resource adaptability to climate change. A comprehensive model was developed to facilitate the sustainable and coordinated development of land, energy, food, and waste nexus systems. This study seeks to tackle the pressing necessity by incorporating advanced modeling techniques to enhance resource allocation and decision-making in agricultural systems, aiming for a triple win in reducing GHG emissions, enhancing food security, and promoting economic sustainability. An integrated approach harnessing life cycle assessment, system dynamics model, and multi-objective optimization methodologies was employed to evaluate the effects, trade-offs, and synergies of resource allocation in the context of CSA practices. In Jiangxi Province, China, a case study demonstrated notable reductions in overall carbon footprints, ranging from 6.02 % to 12.03 %. Additionally, applying the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II optimization algorithm to the model led to significant enhancements, such as an 11.24 % increase in grain nutrient availability, a 20.99 % boost in economic returns, and a 19.36 % decrease in GHG emissions. The findings underscore the efficacy of optimizing resource allocation to attain economic, environmental, and social advantages and curb carbon emissions. Moreover, pivotal policy recommendations encompass land use transformation, optimal food production allocation, and bioenergy production restructuring. Enforcing the practices of CSA and integrating them with carbon market transactions are crucial for sustainable agricultural development. This innovative framework provides a sustainable global agricultural management model with a low-carbon footprint, which is particularly beneficial in resource-scarce regions with competing policy objectives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 536-555"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review and framework for the engineering of Business Models for Sustainability: A System of Systems perspective","authors":"Christopher Dormeier ,&nbsp;Nadja Mindt ,&nbsp;Jan Felix Niemeyer ,&nbsp;Reza Asghari ,&nbsp;Mark Mennenga","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Scarce resources and climate change require more sustainable production and consumption. Business Models for Sustainability (BMfS) can be crucial in achieving extended life cycles and a more conscious use of materials. Due to the high interdependence and interconnectedness of different BMfS compared with traditional business models, the application of conventional approaches for the design of BMfS is limited. Therefore, we show that a systemic perspective is required to achieve absolute sustainability that transcends the boundaries of a focal company. We then conduct a two-part systematic literature review focusing on existing approaches to support a systemic perspective in the design and analysis of BMfS first and modeling approaches second. Based on this review, we identify seven general approaches to achieve a more systemic perspective and six types of approaches to modeling BMfS. We further derive ten key findings and 36 requirements for a framework for the engineering of BMfS. Based on this, we introduce a System of Systems (SoS) perspective on BMfS to enable the required systemic perspective and propose a framework for the engineering of a system of BMfS (SoBMfS) providing a systematic multi-perspective, multi-level approach bridging micro-, meso-, and macro-level. Scholars and practitioners can use this framework to develop and integrate future tools and methods to support the development of BMfS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"51 ","pages":"Pages 1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550924002550/pdfft?md5=b102bd81ae043e454d412a54de9823f5&pid=1-s2.0-S2352550924002550-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142172886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}

{"title":"“High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil” by Beatriz Barbosa Moreno et al., Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol. 41 (2023) 1-8","authors":"Telmo F. Ojeda ,&nbsp;Radu Baciu","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is greenwashing to affix to a product a label claiming biodegradability if the product is not biodegradable, but Moreno et al. had not taken the fundamental step, to determine whether the products were biodegradable or not. A polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) product properly made with a reputable oxo-biodegradable masterbatch will fully biodegrade much more quickly than ordinary plastic in the open environment, without leaving microplastics or harmful residues. No special conditions are necessary. Oxo-biodegradable plastics, oxo-degradable plastics, and plastics marketed as “compostable” are completely different technologies and should not be confused. Samples of oxo-biodegradable plastic should not be tested in conditions unlikely to be experienced by plastic litter in the open environment, and should not be so heavily stabilised as to be unlikely to degrade in any realistic timescale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 610-613"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“High incidence of false biodegradability claims related to single-use plastic utensils sold in Brazil” by Barbosa Moreno et al., (Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol.41 (2023) 1–8)","authors":"Beatriz Barbosa Moreno,&nbsp;Paula Christine Jimenez,&nbsp;Ítalo Braga de Castro","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Comment by <span><span>Ojeda and Baciu (2024)</span></span> on the work by Moreno et al. (2023) lacks scientific premise and is mostly not supported by peer-reviewed literature. They argue that our study neglected fundamental scientific steps, although it is widely known that greenwashing practices can be assessed using frameworks based on product-label analyses. In addition, the Comment presents a lot of wrong or scientifically unsupported information regarding the supposed biodegradability of oxo-plastics, overall, in defense of d2w masterbatch. Here, it is necessary to point out that such materials have been banned in the European Union. Thus, in the ‘post-truth’ era, intangible statements like those presented by Ojeda and Baciu, can undermine evidence-based decisions. Therefore, the global governance of oxo(bio)degradable plastics must be evidence-based.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 614-616"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142271281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards consistent life cycle assessment modelling of circular economy strategies for electric vehicle batteries","authors":"Jana Husmann ,&nbsp;Antoine Beylot ,&nbsp;Fabien Perdu ,&nbsp;Marie Pinochet ,&nbsp;Felipe Cerdas ,&nbsp;Christoph Herrmann","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Circular economy strategies for electric vehicle (EV) batteries are gaining importance to reduce dependence on primary raw materials for the energy and mobility transition. Modelling circular economy strategies in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of EV batteries comes with a number of key challenges to ensure sound support to decision-making, including i) solving multifunctionality, whether regarding End-of-Life, processes of secondary raw materials production or product level, ii) capturing material quality aspects and iii) using adequate resource indicators. This study provides a review of LCA guidelines and scientific literature relative to EV batteries. The objective is two-fold: i) identifying key gaps in the guidelines regarding these modelling challenges, and ii) discussing how to fill them based on the state-of-the-art research. The analysis shows that the handling of multifunctionality is addressed in all analysed guidelines but is treated very differently. Major efforts are expected in terms of standardisation and harmonisation, building on the existing state-of-the-art research. A guiding question for standardisation is whether multifunctionality shall be always treated in the same way or whether special rules are appropriate. Instead, material quality and indicators of mineral resource losses are not at all, or to a very limited extent, addressed by existing guidelines. For material quality and mineral resource dissipation and accessibility-based indicators, research developments shall be pursued. Associated research outcomes are ultimately expected to be fed back into the guideline development in a more mid to long-term. The approach for handling these modelling challenges could and should be consistent between different products and sectors of the energy and mobility transition, to avoid double counting and burden shifting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 556-570"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550924002586/pdfft?md5=a3210cf191d723f83c8805e524091a11&pid=1-s2.0-S2352550924002586-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}

{"title":"Does the electric vehicle promotion policy drive Thailand's passenger transport towards environmental sustainability?","authors":"Vitoon Chotanapund ,&nbsp;Shabbir H. Gheewala ,&nbsp;Vladimir Strezov ,&nbsp;Nazmul Huda ,&nbsp;Ekbordin Winijkul ,&nbsp;Anthony Halog ,&nbsp;Jitti Mungkalasiri ,&nbsp;Trakarn Prapaspongsa","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electric vehicles (EVs) are considered an alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) for promoting sustainable transport, with environmental benefits depending on many local factors. This study performed a comprehensive life cycle assessment of passenger transport in major urban areas of Thailand, encompassing on-road, metro trains, and inland water transport, to determine the benefits of EV deployment. The findings showed that the vehicle life cycle (manufacture, maintenance, and disposal) was a significant contributor to human health and ecosystem quality impacts when comparing across transport life cycle phases in both ICEVs and EVs. Among private vehicles, with the current electricity mix, EVs had impacts on human health and ecosystem quality comparable to small-size ICEVs. At the projected 2037 electricity mix, the EVs will have lower impacts on human health, ecosystem quality and resource scarcity in comparison with the ICEVs. In scenario analysis, when considering only on-site emissions, it was found that private EV promotion had an environmental cost by about 16–43 % lower than the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, depending on the rate of EV adoption, while shifting to public electric buses or metro trains had a lower environmental cost by 21 % and 23 % compared to BAU, respectively. If assessing the full transport life cycle, shifting to public electric buses or metro trains had a lower environmental cost (22–23 %) than the promotion of EVs with current electricity mix (14 %). The effectiveness of environmental impact mitigation through deployment of private EVs might increase to a comparable level with public electric bus or metro train shifts when Thailand achieves the electricity mix target with 34 % of renewable energy in 2037.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"51 ","pages":"Pages 23-41"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550924002562/pdfft?md5=b6038b08df0d1c99b3bbf0992296733c&pid=1-s2.0-S2352550924002562-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142229391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}

{"title":"Uncovering the structure and evolution of global virtual water and agricultural land network","authors":"Zhenguo Wang ,&nbsp;Tengyun Li ,&nbsp;Wei Liang ,&nbsp;Bojie Fu ,&nbsp;Junyi Li ,&nbsp;Jianwu Yan","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The effective management and allocation of water and land resources is pivotal for ensuring global food security and facilitating the transition towards sustainable development. Combining multi-regional input-output analysis and complex network modelling, this study examining the spatial-temporal evolution and topological structures of multi-layer virtual water and agricultural land networks, analyzed the network characteristics of different countries/regions, and tested the network vulnerability between virtual water trade network and virtual agricultural land network. From the results, it is revealed that 30.9 %—34.14 % of global water resources and 32.9 %—40 % of global agricultural land are associated with international trade. Meanwhile, the geographical distribution of this trade has shifted from low-income countries to middle and high-income countries, showing three distinct fluctuations in their instability levels. Additionally, quantitative network analysis indicates that resource trade networks exhibit small-world characteristics with increasing trends in network density, clustering coefficient, and average path length values over time. Among the two disturbance scenarios, both virtual water and virtual agricultural land networks were more vulnerable under deliberate assault than under random failure, however, the agricultural land network demonstrates greater toughness compared to the virtual water network. These findings highlight the importance of sustainably managing global water and land resources within a framework for sustainable development which aims at promoting both worldwide food security and environmental protection simultaneously.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"51 ","pages":"Pages 599-611"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142531149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implications of water conservation measures on urban water cycle: A review","authors":"Hugo Jacque ,&nbsp;Behzad Mozafari ,&nbsp;Recep Kaan Dereli ,&nbsp;Sarah Cotterill","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Water conservation measures are a means of adapting to the increasing pressures on water supply in cities. However, its widespread adoption requires knowledge of its implications at the different levels of the urban water cycle. This paper aims to provide a holistic overview and global understanding of the opportunities, challenges and implications associated with the widespread adoption of water conservation measures on the urban water cycle. A systematic search was conducted to identify water conservation case studies within the municipal sector. The analysis of studies' results highlighted that water conservation can significantly reduce buildings' water use while also providing energy savings in both buildings and water utilities. Water conservation measures were found to be economically feasible in most cases, with relatively short payback periods, although conclusions were more nuanced when adopting alternative water sources. This suggests that water conservation measures may be a better option than supply-side solutions to maintain water supply in cities. However, their performance may be undermined by design problems or user behaviour. Therefore, education and communication are key drivers for their widespread adoption. Lower water demand resulting from the implementation of conservation measures may reduce the need for water systems upgrades, delaying major investments, but this may also adversely impact these systems, causing water quality issues in distribution networks, degrading the hydraulic performances of sewers, and altering wastewater treatment efficiencies. The widespread deployment of water conservation measures requires technical, financial, social, and political considerations. Further research is still required to better understand its implications for water systems, assess its impact on water and energy use, and support decision-makers in developing water conservation programmes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 571-586"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550924002525/pdfft?md5=1aeb0132ca9a6b93c351fda50eb5c93e&pid=1-s2.0-S2352550924002525-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}

{"title":"Seeking a better path for the circular economy of solar panels: Global sensitivity analysis focused on socioeconomic and physical factors","authors":"Ken Matsuoka ,&nbsp;Yusuke Fujii ,&nbsp;Nobuaki Shinojima ,&nbsp;Tatsuya Kojima ,&nbsp;Ryu Koide ,&nbsp;Shinsuke Murakami","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.027","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As more solar photovoltaic panels are expected to be introduced globally to promote the stabilization and decarbonization of electricity supply, concerns have been raised about the associated resource constraints and the environmental impacts. To promote circular economy initiatives, this study aims to provide insight into the variables and the conditions that play a key role in the expression of environmental impacts and find the better path for a circular economy of solar panels, which requires analyzing impacts on multiple indicators as a result of various factors and their cross-interactions. To achieve this goal, we constructed a resource circulation simulator that considers factors related to the business environment as well as physical factors. The simulation model was then applied to the largest administrative region in Japan, and the parameter space was explored by combining Regional Sensitivity Analysis, a global sensitivity analysis method, and Random Forest to consider the interactions among these variables. As a result of 30,000 Monte Carlo simulations performed on 26 input variables, it was found that the key parameters in final disposal and resource consumption potential differ between the two purposes; avoiding catastrophic loads and achieving ambitious reductions. In contrast, for greenhouse gas emissions, it is important to maintain or increase the efficiency of photovoltaic panel power generation for both purposes. Additionally, in the case where the key variables were optimized in terms of final disposal/resource consumption potential, it will effectively reduce the two impacts to 0.7 % and 12.6 %, respectively, with a minimal negative impact on greenhouse gas emissions. In contrast, in the case when optimized in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, it has only a small impact on greenhouse gas emissions and large negative impacts on final disposal and resource consumption potential. Further refinement of the parameter space and thresholds in the analysis is a topic for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 526-535"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550924002537/pdfft?md5=47246d727cac21b89ef43d0579e41167&pid=1-s2.0-S2352550924002537-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}