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Circular economy in Latin America: A systematic literature review

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    108 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    The purpose of this study is to identify circular economy concept trends of Latin America with regards to Europe, in which a systematic review of literature (SRL) was made using Scopus data in order to define the search, to select the relevant articles, and to analyze the results. Seventy-one articles from Scopus were reviewed, and the analysis was complemented by the analysis with 57 documents from other scientific Web browsers such as Mendeley, Scopus, Academic Google, ScienceDirect, and SciELo which sum a total of 128 documents which the majority have come from Europe. Main concepts were identified, barriers and trends. The main conclusion was which the current concept is not very clear; in spite of Europe knows that limitation, Latin America is making the same mistake implementation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2479-2497
    Number of pages19
    JournalBusiness Strategy and the Environment
    Volume29
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Sep 2020

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2020 ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
    2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

    Keywords

    • Latin America
    • circular economy
    • sustainability
    • sustainable development
    • systematic literature review
    • trend

    Types Minciencias

    • Artículos de investigación con calidad A1 / Q1

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