Waste Management and the Circular Economy in Cyprus-The Case of the SWAN Project

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作者
Angelis-Dimakis, Athanasios [1 ]
Arampatzis, George [2 ]
Alexopoulos, Andreas [3 ]
Pantazopoulos, Andreas [3 ]
Vyrides, Ioannis [4 ]
Chourdakis, Nikolaos [4 ]
Angelis, Vasilis [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Huddersfield, Sch Appl Sci, Dept Chem Sci, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, W Yorkshire, England
[2] Tech Univ Crete, Sch Prod Engn & Management, Khania 73100, Greece
[3] Univ West Attica, Dept Accounting & Finance, Athens 12244, Greece
[4] Cyprus Univ Technol, Dept Chem Engn, CY-3036 Limassol, Cyprus
[5] Univ Aegean, Dept Business Adm, Chios 82100, Greece
关键词
waste management; circular economy; industrial symbiosis; solid waste; SWAN project; Cyprus;
D O I
10.3390/environments9020016
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The increase in waste volume and greenhouse gas emissions and decrease in raw-material reserves are some of the serious problems that our planet is facing. The measures needed to address these issues cannot be implemented under the prevailing linear economy model; hence, the circular economy model has been introduced. The successful implementation of circularity, whose basic principles include waste reduction, reuse, and recycling, requires a change in the behaviour of all the parties involved and is expected to lead to industrial-urban symbiosis schemes. The present paper looks at the current state and future prospects of the circular economy in Cyprus, based on the evidence drawn from an EU-funded project entitled "a digital Solid Waste reuse plAtform for BalkaN" (Project Acronym: SWAN). The project's main objective was the design and development of a digital solid waste reuse platform involving four countries: Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. Using the data collected, in the context of this project, from a sample of Cypriot industries, we looked into the familiarisation of the respondents with the basic concepts of circularity and their willingness to participate in symbiotic value chains. Moreover, we examined the composition of the waste streams produced by those industries and proposed potential waste reuse business models and subsequent symbiotic clusters.
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