THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES IN AN ACTIVE CIRCULAR ECONOMY SYSTEM, A VIEW OF RECIRCULATION

Elena Simina LAKATOS, Laura BACALI, Ligia Maria NAN, Alina Maria DANCIU, Matthew GREENLEY

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The purpose of this article is to present the advantages of secondary recycling in the production processes of the important component of the circular economy. The fierce growth of resource demand by industry over the last decades has prompted the competent authorities to come up with measures to support the sustainable development of resources on our planet. We have reviewed an array of circular economy literature incorporating into it the concept of recirculation. Following the grounded theory procedure we have analysed 59 papers in the field of circular economy published between 1998 and 2018 so as to see the current state of knowledge regarding the recirculation dimension of circular enterprises.

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