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    • Addressing challenges and opportunities of the European seafood sector under a circular economy framework 

      Ruiz-Salmón, Israel; Margallo, María; Laso, Jara; Villanueva-Rey, Pedro; Mariño, Dolores; Quinteiro, Paula; Dias, Ana Cláudia; Nunes, Maria Leonor; Marques, António; Feijoo, Gumersindo; Moreira, María Teresa; Loubet, Philippe; Sonnemann, Guido; Morse, Andy; Cooney, Ronan; Clifford, Eoghan; Rowan, Neil; Méndez-Paz, Diego; Iglesias-Parga, Xesús; Anglada, Clémentine; Martin, Jean-Christophe; Irabien, Ángel; Aldaco, Rubén (Elsevier, 2020-02-11)
      The European seafood and aquaculture sectors are facing important challenges in terms of environmental threats (climate change, marine debris, resources depletion), social development (worker rights, consumer's awareness) ...
    • End-of-waste criteria: Helper or hindrance for the circular economy in Ireland? 

      Johnson, Cherrelle; Mitchell, Sinéad (School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, 2022)
      It is imperative that societies identify and implement mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the climate crisis on the environment, the economy, and human health. A circular economy provides an opportunity to shift ...
    • An evaluation of the general composition and critical raw material content of bauxite residue in a storage area over a twelve-year period 

      Cusack, Patricia B.; Courtney, Ronan; Healy, Mark G.; O’ Donoghue, Lisa M.T.; Ujaczki, Éva (Elsevier, 2018-10-09)
      Bauxite residue, the by-product produced in the alumina industry, is being produced at an estimated global rate of approximately 150 million tonnes per annum. Currently, the reuse of bauxite residue is low (∼2%), due to ...
    • Recovered wood as raw material for structural timber products. Characteristics, situation and study cases: Ireland and Spain 

      Llana, Daniel F.; Íñiguez-González, Guillermo; de Arana-Fernández, Marina; Uí Chúláin, Caitríona; Harte, Annette M. (International Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), 2020-07-12)
      The circular economy is an efficient system to reuse materials reducing the amount of waste generated. In order to implement it in the timber sector, the InFutUReWood (Innovative Design for the Future Use and Reuse of ...