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Towards a Circular Economy: The Role of Dutch Logistics Industries and Governments
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While there is great potential in the chief values and prospects of a circular economy, this alone will not bring the circular economy to market or scale. In order for a circular economy to materialize, an integrated approach that focuses on a long-term system change or transition is required. To set the change process in motion, many (public and private) players (companies, authorities, citizens, and research institutions) need to be involved. Among the many stakeholders, a genuine enabler to implement a successful and sustainable circular strategy is the logistics industry. Given that The Netherlands is used as a case study, in this paper, we focus on the Dutch logistics industry and how this industry can contribute to the broader Dutch agenda to realize a more circular economy. It implies looking at the specific transition agenda for the logistics industry in relation to a circular economy, what barriers may exist that might hamper such a transition, and how public policy-makers are dealing with and can tackle these barriers.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Van Buren, N., Demmers, M., Van der Heijden, R., & Witlox, F.
- Affiliations
- Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli), Oranjebuitensingel 6, P.O. Box 20906, The Hague 2500 EX, The Netherlands
- Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9108, Nijmegen 6500 HK, The Netherlands
- Ghent University (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Witlox, Frank
- ORCID
- Witlox, Frank
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2016-07-08
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 647
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2461658182
- Cited by
- 582
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 99 · 2021: 96 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 55.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Railways and European Transport Policy
- Keywords
- circular economy, logistics industry, barriers to transition, public policy, system change, stakeholder engagement, green logistics
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