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Karel Van Acker

KU Leuven

Oude Markt 13

Leuven, 3000

Belgium

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How to Measure a Circular Economy: A Holistic Method Compiling Policy Monitors

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2023
René H. Reich, Veerle Vermeyen, Luc Alaerts and Karel Van Acker
KU Leuven - Departement Materiaalkunde, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, KU Leuven, KU Leuven and KU Leuven
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circular economy; policy monitoring; circularity assessment; indicator; societal needs; sustainable consumption

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Environmental Assessment of Woven Hemp Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites and Potential Applications in Aerospace and Electric Scooter Industries

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Sep 2023
Hanie Zarafshani, Ponnapat Watjanatepin, Mark Lepelaar, Jens Verbruggen, Pierre Ouagne, Rosario De Luca, Qinyu Li, Fabrizio Scarpa, Vincent Placet and Karel Van Acker
KU Leuven, KU Leuven, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Bristol, affiliation not provided to SSRN and KU Leuven
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Biocomposites, Life cycle assessment, aircraft bio-based dashboard panel, biocomposite for electric scooter

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Unpacking Households’ Environmental Foodprint: Comparing Price and Quantity Effects in Flemish Food Consumption

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 22 May 2025
Michiel Pauwels, Kaat Verbist, Maarten Christis, An Vercalsteren, Luc Alaerts and Karel Van Acker
KU Leuven, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, KU Leuven and KU Leuven
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Household consumption, Household budget survey, life cycle assessment, environmental footprint, food consumption

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The Impact of Demand-Side Strategies to Enable a More Circular Economy in Private Car Mobility

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Aug 2023
Donald Arthur Chapman, Karel Van Acker and Johan Eyckmans
KU Leuven, KU Leuven and KU Leuven
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car-sharing, lifetime extension, critical raw materials, Electric vehicles, stock-flow, life-cycle analysis

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Stylized Facts for the Circular Economy - A Knowledge Synthesis

Number of pages: 117
Stefan Pauliuk, Oleksandr Galychyn, Jennifer Hawkin, Fridolin Krausmann, Magdalena Filter-Pieler, Sofie Férauge, Sina Leipold, Elena Verdolini, Levon Amatuni, Anna Barrero, Charles Breton, Amy Brooks, Magnus Fröhling, Oliver Heidrich, Antti Jukka, Manish Kumar, Maud Lanau, Josh Manley, Prachi Ugle, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Stijn van Ewijk, Roberta Barr and Jason K Hawes
University of Freiburg, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), BOKU University, Vienna, KU Leuven, Earth System Governance 'Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation', University of Brescia - Department of Law, Leiden University - Centre of Environmental Science (CML), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Université Laval (ULaval), University of Pittsburgh, Technische Universität München (TUM), Newcastle University, University of Eastern Finland, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Newcastle University, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), KU Leuven, KU Leuven, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, University College London, University College London - Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering and University of Wyoming
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circular economy, stylized fact, sustainable material use, resource efficiency, industrial ecology