Circular Economy Adoption

Prof. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, PhD (Engg.), served as the Professor & Head in Mechanical Engineering & Chief Coordinator, Centre for Sustainable Development and Resource Efficiency Management and Dean, Faculty of Engg. & Technology at Jadavpur University, India and the Director, CBWE, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India. He served industries like Larsen & Toubro Ltd and The Gramophone Co. of India Ltd. He is a renowned personality in the field on Waste Management, Circular Economy, Green Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Development, Waste Co-processing in cement kiln, Plastics & E-waste management & recycling, management system standards (ISO) and TQM having three patents approved, received several awards in India and abroad including the distinguished visiting fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. He wrote 10 books, 50 edited volumes, more than 240 national & international articles. He is the Editor-in-chief of the Journalof Solid Waste Technology and Management (JSWTM) and Associate Editor of IJMC&WM. He has research collaboration in 45 countries. He is consultant & international expert of UNCRD)/DESA, Asian Productivity Organization, China Productivity Council, SACEP Sri Lanka, IGES Japan, SINTEF Norway, etc.  He is available at www.sadhankghosh.com. Sannidhya Kumar Ghosh, graduated in civil engineering from Jadavpur University. Did his MS & PhD from Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder (UCB), USA. He served as the instructor and Post Doc. at UCB. His research areas include circular economy, Concrete & building design in high seismic region, Earthquake characteristics, impact of materials ageing during earthquake, Structural Dynamics, C&D waste management, etc. He carried out projects at Aston University, and Loveborough University UK under UKIERI Scheme funded by British Council, UK and at IIT, Kanpur under TEQIP, India funding respectively. He has a few publications and books. He is the governing council member of International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW).

• Part 1. Decarbonisation and Policies for Circular Economy adoption.- Chapter 1. Circular Economy Catalysing Decarbonisation.- Part 2. Policy supports toward Circular Economy.- Chapter 2. Policies and Practice of Sound Material Cycle Society in Japan - transition towards the Circular Economy.-Chapter 3. The pathway towards circular economic development in China: Policies, case studies and the role of universities.- Chapter 4. Circular Economy Policies and Innovations in Africa.- Chapter 5. Waste Management in Indonesia: Strategies and Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Circular Economy.- Part 3. Implementation Status of Circular Economy Concepts.- Chapter 6. On the Way to Circular Economy: Türkiye’s Waste Management and Zero Waste Project.- Chapter 7. Circular economy transition in EU and Italy in key priority sectors: policies, initiatives and perspectives.- Chapter 8. Status of the adoption and practice of circular economy in Mexico.- Part 4. Circular Economy adoption in Industries.- Chapter 9. Circular Manufacturing Transformation: manufacturing perspectives, examples and experiences from implementation of Circular Economy in Asia.- Chapter 10. The circular economy, employment and low carbon in the UK manufacturing sector.- Chapter 11. Circular Economy through technology for Waste-to-Energy.- Chapter 12. Utilization of household sewage sludge - the effect of the temperature of pyrolysis on the chemical properties.- Chapter 13. Shifting toward Resource Management in Remote Area: A Case Study of Lake Toba, Indonesia.- Chapter 14. Circular Bioeconomy through Anaerobic Digestion.