Modeling the circular economy in environmentally extended input-output tables: Methods, software and case study

•Pycirk, a python package to create complex scenarios using the mrEEIOA database EXIOBASE (https://pypi.org/project/pycirk/).•Methods and blueprints to increase transparency of modeling assumptions for the Circular Economy.•A case study on two circular economy strategies - Product Life Extension and...

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Published in:Resources, conservation and recycling Vol. 152; p. 104508
Main Authors: Donati, Franco, Aguilar-Hernandez, Glenn A., Sigüenza-Sánchez, Carlos Pablo, de Koning, Arjan, Rodrigues, João F.D., Tukker, Arnold
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2020
Subjects:
case studies
Circular economy
computer software
EEIOA
environmental impact
input output analysis
Interventions
issues and policy
Policy
Scenarios
socioeconomic factors
Software
theoretical models
Policy
Scenarios
Software
Circular economy
Interventions
EEIOA
ISSN:0921-3449, 1879-0658
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Summary:•Pycirk, a python package to create complex scenarios using the mrEEIOA database EXIOBASE (https://pypi.org/project/pycirk/).•Methods and blueprints to increase transparency of modeling assumptions for the Circular Economy.•A case study on two circular economy strategies - Product Life Extension and Resource Efficiency. A circular economy is an industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention or design. During the last decade, the circular economy became an attractive paradigm to increase global welfare while minimizing the environmental impacts of economic activities. Although several studies concerning the potential benefits and drawbacks of policies that implement the new paradigm have been performed, there is currently no standardized theoretical model or software to execute such assessment. In order to fill this gap, in the present paper we show how to perform these analyses using Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis. We also describe a python package (pycirk) for modeling Circular Economy scenarios in the context of the Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input-Output database EXIOBASE V3.3, for the year 2011. We exemplify the methods and software through a what-if zero-cost case study on two circular economy strategies (Resource Efficiency and Product Lifetime Extension), four environmental pressures and two socio-economic factors.
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ISSN:0921-3449
1879-0658
DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104508