Assessing the potential of plastic waste management in the circular economy: a longitudinal case study in an emerging economy.

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Author	Wamba, Samuel Fosso Fotso, Muriel Mosconi, Elaine Chai, Junwu
Abstract	Plastic waste management represents a fundamental challenge in terms of environmental pollution and health in many emerging countries. Yet, some firms believe improved plastic waste management could lead to value creation and capture, especially from a circular economy perspective. This study draws on a longitudinal research approach that involved 12 organizations in assessing plastic waste management’s contribution to Cameroon’s circular economy. Our findings suggest that plastic waste management for value creation is still embryonic in Cameroon. Moving to the full value creation and capture stage will require overcoming various challenges identified and presented in the paper. We then discuss our findings and put forward several future research avenues.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10479-023-05386-3.
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ISSN	02545330
Journal	Annals of Operations Research [Ann Oper Res]
DOI	10.1007/s10479-023-05386-3
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10184617
PubMed reference number	37361074
e-ISSN	15729338
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2023-05-15
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Plastic waste management Circular economy Cameroon
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Management Science and Operations Research Decision Sciences