Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy
Cement, as the main component of concrete, is a crucial industrial product for economic development and civilization. Nevertheless, its production is highly energy-intensive, environmentally polluting, and a source of extreme CO2 emissions. For success in the transition to the circular economy and a...
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| description | Cement, as the main component of concrete, is a crucial industrial product for economic development and civilization. Nevertheless, its production is highly energy-intensive, environmentally polluting, and a source of extreme CO2 emissions. For success in the transition to the circular economy and accelerating sustainable manufacturing in the cement industry, understanding and addressing the main barriers are essential. Using the above point of view, this study intends to address the challenges and barriers of the cement industry in the transition to a circular economy, define the causal relationships between these barriers, and determine the necessary practical implications to overcome the barriers. Systematic literature review and focus group study results enable a holistic model that integrates research results and business practical criteria. The DEMATEL method is used for the clarification of causal relations between factors. A total of 18 barriers in 6 clusters have been revealed to be used for managerial implications to speed up the transition to CE applications in the cement business. Out of 18 barriers, 6 were effect groups, which were the outcomes due to the remaining 12 causing barriers. The top three cause factors are an unstable waste market, lack of management competencies, and unstable macroeconomic conditions, while the leading three effect factors are revealed as giving priority to other issues, insufficient organisational structures, and deviations in product quality. Although there are many studies on CE in cement, they are concentrated on technical and laboratory studies enabling the use of different alternative materials as inputs to the cement process. Studying and revealing the barriers holding back the cement sector in the transition to CE is this study’s core contribution, making it novel and unique. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ab65914da0e46088549383fd78b95062023-06-25T08:52:30ZengRam Arti PublishersInternational Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences2455-77492023-08-0184612631https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2023.8.4.035Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular EconomyErhan Ada0Yigit Kazancoglu1Sachin Kumar Mangla2Ugur Aydin3Department of Business Administration, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey.Department of Logistics Management, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey.Research Centre - Digital Circular Economy for Sustainable Development Goals (DCE-SDG), Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University, India.Department of Business Administration, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey.Cement, as the main component of concrete, is a crucial industrial product for economic development and civilization. Nevertheless, its production is highly energy-intensive, environmentally polluting, and a source of extreme CO2 emissions. For success in the transition to the circular economy and accelerating sustainable manufacturing in the cement industry, understanding and addressing the main barriers are essential. Using the above point of view, this study intends to address the challenges and barriers of the cement industry in the transition to a circular economy, define the causal relationships between these barriers, and determine the necessary practical implications to overcome the barriers. Systematic literature review and focus group study results enable a holistic model that integrates research results and business practical criteria. The DEMATEL method is used for the clarification of causal relations between factors. A total of 18 barriers in 6 clusters have been revealed to be used for managerial implications to speed up the transition to CE applications in the cement business. Out of 18 barriers, 6 were effect groups, which were the outcomes due to the remaining 12 causing barriers. The top three cause factors are an unstable waste market, lack of management competencies, and unstable macroeconomic conditions, while the leading three effect factors are revealed as giving priority to other issues, insufficient organisational structures, and deviations in product quality. Although there are many studies on CE in cement, they are concentrated on technical and laboratory studies enabling the use of different alternative materials as inputs to the cement process. Studying and revealing the barriers holding back the cement sector in the transition to CE is this study’s core contribution, making it novel and unique.https://www.ijmems.in/article_detail.php?vid=8&issue_id=39&article_id=506sustainabilitycircular economycementbarrierschallenges |
| spellingShingle | Erhan Ada Yigit Kazancoglu Sachin Kumar Mangla Ugur Aydin Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences sustainability circular economy cement barriers challenges |
| title | Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy |
| title_full | Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy |
| title_fullStr | Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy |
| title_short | Barriers to Cement Industry Towards Circular Economy |
| title_sort | barriers to cement industry towards circular economy |
| topic | sustainability circular economy cement barriers challenges |
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