Finding high-impact intervention points for plastic recycling using an exploratory stock-flow model

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorWiman, Henrien_US
dc.contributor.authorSiltaloppi, Jaakkoen_US
dc.contributor.authorLeinonen, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Managementen
dc.contributor.organizationVTT Technical Research Centre of Finlanden_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T06:07:02Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T06:07:02Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-01en_US
dc.descriptionFunding Information: This research was funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland , grant number 352439 . Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
dc.description.abstractWith the growing impetus to increase the recycling of plastic waste, a more detailed understanding of the impact of different interventions on improving material circulation in the plastic value chain is needed. This paper uses an exploratory stock-flow modeling approach to analyze the impact potential of critical intervention points and their combinations for increasing circularity and reducing linearity in the Finnish plastic recycling system. The results show that interventions at all our selected intervention points—demand, collection, sorting, and processing—are needed to reach the best outcomes in terms of linear material flows. With uncertainty regarding international flows, collection- and sorting-targeting actions are most effective in avoiding the most pessimistic circularity outcomes, whereas demand- and capacity-targeting interventions have the potential to achieve the best optimistic circularity outcomes. The results contribute to previous research on plastic recycling by improving understanding of the critical bottlenecks and synergistic effects of supply- and demand-side interventions, as well as by supporting policy and industrial decision-making by drawing attention to effective combinations of interventions under uncertainty. The analysis also highlights how the coarse resolution structure of the material flow system governs the impact potential of intervention points, while many system parameters are less significant.en
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dc.identifier.citationWiman, H, Siltaloppi, J & Leinonen, A 2023, ' Finding high-impact intervention points for plastic recycling using an exploratory stock-flow model ', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 395, 136396, pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136396en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136396en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/120482
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202304192798
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dc.publisherElsevier Science Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Cleaner Productionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 395en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordCircular economyen_US
dc.subject.keywordPlastic recyclingen_US
dc.subject.keywordRecycling systemsen_US
dc.subject.keywordStock-flow modelingen_US
dc.titleFinding high-impact intervention points for plastic recycling using an exploratory stock-flow modelen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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