Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region
The Circular Economy (CE) is noted as an emerging framework to support sustainable production and consumption agendas. In addition, the CE aims to be a trigger for redefining economic growth pathways as sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive to ecological and environmental agendas, and to focus its o...
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| author | Paula Cecilia Soto-Rios Nidhi Nagabhatla Brenda Acevedo-Juárez |
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| description | The Circular Economy (CE) is noted as an emerging framework to support sustainable production and consumption agendas. In addition, the CE aims to be a trigger for redefining economic growth pathways as sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive to ecological and environmental agendas, and to focus its operational standards on co-creating societal benefits. Concerning the guiding principles and the standards of practice applied to implement and scale circular economy, this study will provide an overview of water sector-specific circularity roadmaps and strategies in the Latin American Region (LAR). By using a semi-systematic review, document analysis, and qualitative assessment approach, we highlight framings and operational pathways, gaps, and needs within existing practices of circularity in the water sector. The results provide an overview of CE pathways at the national level of selected countries in the LAR, urging those nations to reflect various levels of advancement (low to high) with CE-focused innovations and policy support structures specific to the water and wastewater sectors. Towards the end, the study points to the ‘call for action’ to integrate outstanding advances and innovations in the circular economy within sectoral mandates for water and wastewater management, making an argument that circularity in the water sector could serve as an accelerator towards implementing the agenda outlined in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular for SDG 6 (water security for all). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-197f2b7ae7be4964bfe47f9de20024012023-11-17T14:26:21ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412023-03-01156109210.3390/w15061092Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American RegionPaula Cecilia Soto-Rios0Nidhi Nagabhatla1Brenda Acevedo-Juárez2Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz 1175, La Paz, BoliviaGraduate School of Chemical Engineering, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz 1175, La Paz, BoliviaDepartamento de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ameca 46600, MexicoThe Circular Economy (CE) is noted as an emerging framework to support sustainable production and consumption agendas. In addition, the CE aims to be a trigger for redefining economic growth pathways as sustainable, inclusive, and sensitive to ecological and environmental agendas, and to focus its operational standards on co-creating societal benefits. Concerning the guiding principles and the standards of practice applied to implement and scale circular economy, this study will provide an overview of water sector-specific circularity roadmaps and strategies in the Latin American Region (LAR). By using a semi-systematic review, document analysis, and qualitative assessment approach, we highlight framings and operational pathways, gaps, and needs within existing practices of circularity in the water sector. The results provide an overview of CE pathways at the national level of selected countries in the LAR, urging those nations to reflect various levels of advancement (low to high) with CE-focused innovations and policy support structures specific to the water and wastewater sectors. Towards the end, the study points to the ‘call for action’ to integrate outstanding advances and innovations in the circular economy within sectoral mandates for water and wastewater management, making an argument that circularity in the water sector could serve as an accelerator towards implementing the agenda outlined in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular for SDG 6 (water security for all).https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1092circular economywaterwastewaterresource useLatin America |
| spellingShingle | Paula Cecilia Soto-Rios Nidhi Nagabhatla Brenda Acevedo-Juárez Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region Water circular economy water wastewater resource use Latin America |
| title | Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region |
| title_full | Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region |
| title_fullStr | Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region |
| title_short | Circulatory Pathways in the Water and Wastewater Sector in the Latin American Region |
| title_sort | circulatory pathways in the water and wastewater sector in the latin american region |
| topic | circular economy water wastewater resource use Latin America |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1092 |
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