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Circular economy (CE) pursues to contribute economic prosperity and to enhance sustainability. This model focuses on the reduction of pollution, the consumption of natural resources, and the revaluation of waste. The interest in the CE and the management of solid waste are linked with regulatory changes that have been developed in recent years, mainly since 2015 with the publication of new regulations such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the agreement of the new European Union policy about CE which manages the contribution to the sustainability of solid waste management. The transition from linear to circular systems has a direct impact on business strategies, especially in areas such as operations management, environmental management, or social responsibility. This circularity, in terms of economic strategy, seeks to improve the balance between natural and social systems through a more environmental behavior of the stakeholders. In this sense, this conduct focuses on the last phase of production involved in waste management through different options such as energy source, recycling, or composting, which play a fundamental role. This highlights the influence it can have on the business models and strategies of a company. The present work focuses to provide a global standpoint of the connection between solid waste management and the different business models in the scope of the CE. In this sense, a bibliometric analysis of scientific production is proposed to obtain empirical evidence of the performance in different levels: authors, institutions, and countries, as well as an evolution of research trends by the analysis of the main keywords.
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Batlles-de-la-Fuente, A., Belmonte-Ureña, L.J., Plaza-Úbeda, J.A., Abad-Segura, E. (2022). Research Trends of the Management of Solid Waste in the Context of Circular Economy. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Baskar, S., Sharma, R., Chinnappan, A., Sehrawat, R. (eds) Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4230-2_2
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