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Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis of Resource Recovery from Waste Management Systems in a Circular Economy Perspective Key Findings from This Special Issue

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  • Carlo Ingrao

    (Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy)

  • Claudia Arcidiacono

    (Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy)

  • Valentina Siracusa

    (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy)

  • Monia Niero

    (Department of Planning, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Marzia Traverso

    (Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB), RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany)

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The generation and management of waste are gaining increasing attention worldwide as two main focuses of the environmental strategies and policies developed to date at the European level [...]

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  • Carlo Ingrao & Claudia Arcidiacono & Valentina Siracusa & Monia Niero & Marzia Traverso, 2021. "Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis of Resource Recovery from Waste Management Systems in a Circular Economy Perspective Key Findings from This Special Issue," Resources, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-9, April.
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