Quantitative analysis to identify circular economy concepts incorporated in Indian policy documents regulating waste management by the Indian Healthcare sector

IF 11.2 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL Resources Conservation and Recycling Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108037

Sanchayan Nath , Arya A Pillai , Aswin Ram , A.N Gayathri , N Viswanath , Purusotham Tanjeri , R Anuradha , R Arulprasad

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There is limited clarity on whether policy regimes for managing waste in the healthcare sector are designed for circularity. Systematic evaluation of policy instruments is largely unavailable. How circular is India's policy regime on managing healthcare waste? Using an innovative analytical approach based on the 6Rs of circularity and the principles of BS8001:2017, this research question is answered by quantitatively analysing 41 policy instruments associated with the policy regime on managing healthcare waste in India. Content analysis reveals that the policy regime for managing healthcare waste in India is linear – the regime needs to be dramatically rehauled to ensure circularity. Only about 3 to 5 % of circular economy-related codes could be identified in the policy instruments studied by this article. Transitioning to more integrated, holistic, and systems-oriented circular economic practices will, therefore, require a paradigm shift in thinking.

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进行定量分析，以确定印度卫生保健部门管理废物管理的政策文件中纳入的循环经济概念

关于医疗保健部门管理废物的政策制度是否为循环而设计，目前尚不明确。对政策手段的系统评价在很大程度上是不可能的。印度管理医疗废物的政策制度是如何循环的？采用基于循环6r和BS8001:2017原则的创新分析方法，通过定量分析与印度管理医疗废物政策制度相关的41项政策工具，回答了这一研究问题。内容分析表明，印度管理医疗废物的政策制度是线性的——该制度需要大幅调整，以确保循环。在本文研究的政策工具中，只有约3%至5%的循环经济相关代码可以被识别出来。因此，向更综合、更全面、更以系统为导向的循环经济实践过渡，需要思维模式的转变。

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Resources Conservation and Recycling 环境科学-工程：环境

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期刊介绍： The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling welcomes contributions from research, which consider sustainable management and conservation of resources. The journal prioritizes understanding the transformation processes crucial for transitioning toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. It highlights technological, economic, institutional, and policy aspects related to specific resource management practices such as conservation, recycling, and resource substitution, as well as broader strategies like improving resource productivity and restructuring production and consumption patterns. Contributions may address regional, national, or international scales and can range from individual resources or technologies to entire sectors or systems. Authors are encouraged to explore scientific and methodological issues alongside practical, environmental, and economic implications. However, manuscripts focusing solely on laboratory experiments without discussing their broader implications will not be considered for publication in the journal.