The Opportunity Cost Between the Circular Economy and Economic Growth: Clustering the Approaches of European Union Member States DOI Open Access
Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Rareș Mihai Nițu, Grigore Ioan Piroșcă

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 2525 - 2525

Published: March 13, 2025

The circular economy (CE) framework is increasingly recognized as essential for achieving sustainable development by addressing the challenges of resource depletion, waste generation, and environmental degradation. This study examines relationship between consumption, management procedures, energy efficiency within European Union (EU) member states, leveraging data from 2004 to 2023. Using Pearson correlation analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), K-means clustering, this identifies key sustainability performance indicators classifies EU nations into four distinct clusters based on CE adoption. These findings reveal a strong positive productivity material use, indicating that efficient significantly enhances performance. Similarly, exhibits moderate with efficiency, suggesting economies optimizing consumption also enhance use efficiency. assesses role policy instruments, such taxation, which show weak negative productivity. insights provide actionable recommendations policymakers tailor interventions, harmonize strategies, address regional disparities accelerate transition resilient model.

Language: Английский

Advances in Protein-Based Resistive Switching Memory: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Applications DOI
Hritinava Banik, Surajit Sarkar, Rahul Deb

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ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 11, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Opportunity Cost Between the Circular Economy and Economic Growth: Clustering the Approaches of European Union Member States DOI Open Access
Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Rareș Mihai Nițu, Grigore Ioan Piroșcă

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 2525 - 2525

Published: March 13, 2025

The circular economy (CE) framework is increasingly recognized as essential for achieving sustainable development by addressing the challenges of resource depletion, waste generation, and environmental degradation. This study examines relationship between consumption, management procedures, energy efficiency within European Union (EU) member states, leveraging data from 2004 to 2023. Using Pearson correlation analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), K-means clustering, this identifies key sustainability performance indicators classifies EU nations into four distinct clusters based on CE adoption. These findings reveal a strong positive productivity material use, indicating that efficient significantly enhances performance. Similarly, exhibits moderate with efficiency, suggesting economies optimizing consumption also enhance use efficiency. assesses role policy instruments, such taxation, which show weak negative productivity. insights provide actionable recommendations policymakers tailor interventions, harmonize strategies, address regional disparities accelerate transition resilient model.

Language: Английский

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