Blockchain Technology and the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

IF 2.1 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems-JSDEWES Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.13044/j.sdewes.d10.0436

Abderahman Rejeb, S. Zailani

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This paper aims to offer an overview of the features in the existing state of research on blockchains in the circular economy. A total of 79 articles published up to 31 May 2022 have been extracted from Scopus and Web of Science. The research design has enabled us to identify what characterises the present state of research on the use of blockchains in the circular economy. It has also allowed us to obtain a new categorisation scheme of the research that has identified five themes and the contributions in each theme and has allowed us to highlight several research gaps. The review findings indicate that the literature revolved around five research themes, namely, the relationship between blockchains and Industry 4.0, the potential of blockchains for circular economy practices, the role of blockchains in energy management, the role of blockchains in waste management and the impact of blockchains on sustainability. This review suggests several future research opportunities and provides practical implications for researchers and practitioners. To the authors' best knowledge, this study represents one of the first attempts to investigate the interplay between blockchain technology and the circular economy.

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科技与循环经济:系统文献综述

本文旨在概述循环经济中区块链的研究现状。截至2022年5月31日，共有79篇文章摘自Scopus和Web of Science。研究设计使我们能够确定区块链在循环经济中使用的研究现状。它还使我们能够获得一个新的研究分类方案，该方案确定了五个主题和每个主题的贡献，并使我们能够突出几个研究空白。综述结果表明，文献围绕五个研究主题展开，即区块链与工业4.0之间的关系、区块链在循环经济实践中的潜力、区块链对能源管理的作用、区块链对于废物管理的作用以及区块链对可持续性的影响。这篇综述提出了几个未来的研究机会，并为研究人员和从业者提供了实际启示。据作者所知，这项研究是研究区块链技术与循环经济之间相互作用的首次尝试之一。

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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems-JSDEWES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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5.40

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20 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – JSDEWES is an international journal dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing them with knowledge based economy, taking into account its economic, environmental and social pillars, as well as methods for assessing and measuring sustainability of development, regarding energy, transport, water, environment and food production systems and their many combinations.