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How will a sustainable circular economy look like?
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How will a sustainable circular economy look like?

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 1st June 2023
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Sustainability, with its environmental, social, and economic dimension, needs to be made tangible and operational […]

Material Footprint Implications of Low-Carbon Technologies
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Material Footprint Implications of Low-Carbon Technologies

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 30th October 2022
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Energy scarcity and material abundance characterize the current global economy. Demand for energy services in […]

Sustainability and Transitions Research: Taking the High Road
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Sustainability and Transitions Research: Taking the High Road

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 2nd June 2022
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In a recent opinion paper, [1] Julian Kirchherr complains about that “up to 50% of […]

Short lifetime of metals in the anthroposphere illustrates the challenge of closing material cycles
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Short lifetime of metals in the anthroposphere illustrates the challenge of closing material cycles

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 7th February 2021
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“Metals can be recycled indefinitely.” That marketing phrase of the metal producers sounds plausible, as […]

The Circular Economy: Breakthrough or Distraction?
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The Circular Economy: Breakthrough or Distraction?

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 15th December 2017
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Our material footprint is expanding (Wiedmann et al., 2015), in-use stocks are growing (Müller et […]

Launching of the CircularSankey web application
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Launching of the CircularSankey web application

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 11th December 2017
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Sankey diagrams are an important visualisation tool but drawing them is a tedious job. There […]

Growth of in-use stocks: Central obstacle to closing material cycles
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Growth of in-use stocks: Central obstacle to closing material cycles

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 13th November 2017
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Recycling, re-use, and remanufacturing are central sustainable development strategies. In most cases, they save both: […]

The lifetime of materials in the technosphere
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The lifetime of materials in the technosphere

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 29th October 2017
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We often hear the claim that metals can be recycled indefinitely often, without loss of […]

Wanted: Lead Indicators for the Circular Economy in Organizations
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  • Material Cycle

Wanted: Lead Indicators for the Circular Economy in Organizations

  • Stefan Pauliuk
  • 22nd October 2017
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The circular economy now has a guiding standard for its implementation in organizations. It is […]

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