Drivers and barriers to the circular economy in the food sector: a content and systematic review

The objective of this article is to identify scholarly articles on the transition to the circular economy (CE) in the food sector, analyzing the main drivers, barriers, and practices in this process. For that, a systematic literature review was conducted using the Scopus database. Through a bibliome...

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Autores: Almeida, Gabriel de Ávila de, Aguiar, Marina Fernandes, Jugend, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)
Repositorio:Revista Produção Online
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.producaoonline.org.br:article/4321
Acceso en línea:https://www.producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/4321
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economia Circular
Setor alimentício
Indústria alimentícia
Revisão de literatura
Revisão sistemática
Circular Economy
Food sector
Food industry
Literature review
Systematic review.
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Sumario:The objective of this article is to identify scholarly articles on the transition to the circular economy (CE) in the food sector, analyzing the main drivers, barriers, and practices in this process. For that, a systematic literature review was conducted using the Scopus database. Through a bibliometric, keyword network, and content analyses, it was possible to obtain a general overview on this theme, which presents an increasing interest, with a leading figure of European countries and Brazil. Energy efficiency, new market opportunities, collaboration with stakeholders, eco-efficiency, and costs reduction were identified as the main drivers. Among the main barriers, five were identified: technological, financial, operational, consumers’ acceptation and legislation. The reduction of raw material consumption and the use of byproducts were the practices most addressed by the articles, indicating that the food sector still holds the potential to implement other strategies towards CE, as a result of the efficient manufacturing and the smarter use of the products.