Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13020925
Keywords
environmental sustainability; recycling; recovery; reuse; anaerobic digestion; biochar; biofuels; case studies; organic waste
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The widespread application of concepts related to the circular economy has led to rapid development in various fields, but there is room for improvement in the environmental sustainability. The new concept of circular ecology shows potential for development in waste management, with the promise of addressing multiple environmental issues with government support.
(1) Background: The application of concepts linked to the circular economy (CE) has led to a sudden development of studies in numerous fields. However, the level of environmental sustainability of CE strategies could be improved and this topic deserves more attention by the scientific community. This research addresses this gap and aims at presenting a new concept, named circular ecology (CEL), and its application to the field of waste management. (2) Methods: The paper presents a literature review on the criticalities of CE and on examples of studies that implement the CEL principles. (3) Results: The review highlights that CEL principles are widely applied to several fields of waste management, showing promising opportunities to export the results to other geographical contexts. (4) Conclusions: If supported by governments, CEL approaches may allow solving multiple environmental problems at once, with clear economic, time, resources, and emission savings.
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