State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Sino-Italian Environment and Energy-Efficient Building, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jun;29(29):44391-44403. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-18048-3. Epub 2022 Feb 7.
Solid waste generation has been significantly accelerated by the rapid growth of economy and population worldwide. The traditional waste management focusing on waste utilization and disposal is unable to unravel the continuous depletion of finite natural resources. "Zero waste" as an integrated waste management method to promote waste reduction through a pack of strategies such as cleaner production and green consumption has emerged. Here, we systematically reviewed the researches on zero waste from a scientometric perspective, and visually unveiled the most productive countries, evolution process, main authors, major research areas, and documents of zero waste research domain. The results show that with increased publications, zero waste has become a multidisciplinary study area and food waste reduction is the biggest sub-network in zero waste research. The current research frontiers are mainly regarding "lean production," "consumer behavior," "productivity." Accordingly, this study proposed a pathway for realizing zero waste cities with three lanes: (1) research and development, (2) management method, and (3) policy and implementation. The findings are also expected to be beneficial to latecomer researches in the waste management field.
固体废物的产生随着世界范围内经济和人口的快速增长而显著加速。传统的专注于废物利用和处置的废物管理方法无法解决有限自然资源的不断枯竭问题。“零废物”作为一种综合的废物管理方法，通过清洁生产和绿色消费等一系列策略来促进废物减排，已经出现。在这里，我们从科学计量学的角度系统地回顾了零废物的研究，并直观地揭示了最具生产力的国家、演变过程、主要作者、主要研究领域以及零废物研究领域的文献。结果表明，随着出版物的增加，零废物已成为一个多学科的研究领域，而减少食物废物是零废物研究中最大的子网。当前的研究前沿主要集中在“精益生产”、“消费者行为”、“生产力”等方面。因此，本研究提出了实现零废物城市的三条途径：（1）研发；（2）管理方法；（3）政策和实施。这些发现也有望对废物管理领域的后续研究有所帮助。
