Circular economy as a COVID-19 cure?
Article
Wuyts, Wendy ; Marin, Julie ; Brusselaers, Jan ; Vrancken, Karl
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
2020
162
November
1-2
epidemic disease ; value chains ; sustainable development ; case study ; health service ; circular economy
Economic development
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105016
English
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"Building on events in Flanders (Belgium) during the current pandemic, this paper discusses interplays between Circular Economy (CE) principles and COVID-19 related issues in the healthcare sector and in public health in general. The aim of this paper is threefold. First, it investigates how CE can serve as a constructive change driver in the healthcare sector to increase the sector's sustainability. Second, this paper describes how CE could increase the healthcare sector's future resilience as the COVID-19 crisis has put global value chains of medical devices and equipment under extreme stress"
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