This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in today’s business and society. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of expert thinkers, this volume assesses the existing approaches, strategies and tools which facilitate socially and environmentally responsible production and consumption systems. It then goes on to highlight the ways in which the circular economy conceptual framework could be implemented effectively at both micro (product policy) and macro (sustainable consumption) levels in order to alter the industrial landscape and increase its interconnectedness with materials and scarce resources. Highlighting the pros and cons of transitioning to this new model, the book also cautions that it will only be made possible via significant behavior change at both industry and consumer levels. Sustainable Products in the Circular Economy will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable manufacturing, sustainable consumption, corporate social responsibility and business ethics. It will also be relevant to industry professionals whose work dovetails with these areas.
Contents Preface: Sustainable Product in Circular Economy Marek Ćwiklicki, Carlo Ingrao, Magdalena Wojnarowska Chapter 1: Characteristics of Sustainable Products Magdalena Wojnarowska, Mariusz Sołtysik, Carlo Ingrao Chapter 2: Challenges of Eco-design of Integrated Products Agnieszka Cholewa-Wójcik, Agnieszka Kawecka Chapter 3: Verification of Circular Economy solutions and sustainability of products with life cycle assessment Tomasz Nitkiewicz, Giulio Mario Cappelletti Chapter 4: Significance and Adjustment of Environmental Certification Schemes in the Circular Economy Piotr Kafel, Paweł Nowicki Chapter 5: Impact of Environmental Labelling Upon Popularisation of the Circular Economy Bartłomiej Kabaja Chapter 6: Interrelationship between Sustainable Manufacturing and Circular Economy in the building sector Agnieszka Nowaczek, Joanna Kulczycka Chapter 7: Enablers and barriers in the transition to Circular Business Models: Investigating the critical success factors for the tipping and break-even point Marek Ćwiklicki, Linda O’Riordan Chapter 8: Costs and benefits of transition towards a Circular Business Model Urszula Balon, Anna Prusak, Marek Jabłoński Chapter 9: Utilisation of Digitalisation in Sustainable Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Riccardo Beltramo, Enrica Vesce, Stefano Duglio Chapter 10: Assessing Sustainability across Circular Inter-firm Networks: Insights from Academia and Practice Anna M. Walker, Katelin Opferkuch, Erik Roos Lindgreen, Alberto Simboli, Walter J.V. Vermeulen, Andrea Raggi Chapter 11: Deliberation as a tool in cooperation with stakeholders in companies deploying the Circular Economy based on the example of Unimetal Recycling Sp. z o.o. Olga Janikowska, Joanna Kulczycka, Agnieszka Nowaczek Chapter 12: Circular models for sustainable supply chain management Magdalena Muradin Chapter 13: Determinants of Consumer Behaviour – Towards Sustainable Consumption Kamila Pilch, Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz Chapter 14: Characteristics of Sustainable Consumption from an economic perspective Jakub Głowacki, Piotr Kopyciński, Mateusz Malinowski, Łukasz Mamica Chapter 15: The Role of Universities in Development of the Circular Economy Barbara Campisi, Patrizia De Luca, Janina Filek, Gianluigi Gallenti, Magdalena Wojnarowska Chapter 16: Resilience of the Circular Economy Marek Ćwiklicki
Magdalena Wojnarowska is an Assistant professor at the Department of Technology and Ecology of Products at the University of Economics in Krakow, Poland. Marek Ćwiklicki is a Professor of Business Studies and Public Management and Head of Chair for Management of Public Organisations at the Cracow University of Economics, Poland. Carlo Ingrao is a Researcher at the Department of Engineering of University of Messina, Italy.
