Faculty Profiles - STEUER Benjamin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Benjamin STEUER
潘介明

PhD in Chinese Studies
University of Vienna, 2018

Assistant Professor
Division of Environment and Sustainability

(852) 3469 2557
bst@ust.hk
Room 4362
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0002-0642-7051

Scopus ID

56989519700

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Circular economy
Solid/ Hazardous waste management and recycling/ reuse
Institutional economics
Industrial ecology
China and East Asia

Publications

All Years 53 2025 2 2024 8 2023 8 2022 3 2021 7 2020 4 2019 21

2025 2

Electrical and electronic equipment repair in a circular economy: Investigating consumer behaviour in Hong Kong

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 215, April 2025, article number 108036
May, Soe Oo; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Inequities blocking the path to circular economies: A bio-inspired network-based approach for assessing the sustainability of the global trade of waste metals

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 212, January 2025, article number 107958
Zisopoulos, Filippos K.; Fath, Brian D.; Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Huang, Hao; Schraven, Daan; Steuer, Benjamin; Stefanakis, Alexandros; Clark, O.Grant; Scrieciu, Serban; Singh, Simron; Noll, Dominik; de Jong, Martin
Article

2024 8

A first assessment of Hong Kong’s circular economy for wastepaper: Material flows, value chains and the role of the semi-formal informal recycling sector

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 450, April 2024, article number 141939
Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Behavioural responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and their implications for Sustainable Development Goals in Hong Kong

Cities & Health, v. 8, (2), January 2024, p. 226-239
Perez, Olivia Anne David; Delina, Laurence L.; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Characterizing the polycentricity in waste governance: a comparative study on Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong

npj Urban Sustainability, v. 4, August 2024, article number 42
Hao, Xinyu; Dong, Liang; Qiang, Xuepeng; Steuer, Benjamin; Wang, Hongzhou; Chen, Peixiu; Wang, Xiaofei; Ma, Wenting; Li, Jiaying; Tong, Xin; Zhang, Xiaoling
Article

Hong Kong's Circular Economy on Plastics: Are the Economics Failing?

Detritus, v. 27, June 2024, p. 37-46
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

The Circular Economy in China: For the People? With the People?

Circular Economies in an Unequal World: Waste, Renewal and the Effects of Global Circularity / edited by Patrick O’Hare, Dagna Rams . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024, Ch. 9
Steuer, Benjamin
Book chapter

Assessing the effectiveness of circular economy solutions for single-use plastics

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Hong Kong’s Circular Economy on Plastics

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

The environmental mitigation of circular economy strategies by consumers for food and beverage containers (FaBCs) packaging by life-cycle assessment in Guangzhou, China

Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2023 8

Do global public health crises change people's behaviors towards sustainability? Evidence of the COVID-19 and sustainability nexus from Hong Kong

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, v. 10, September 2023, article number 100132
Delina, Laurence Laurencio; Perez, Olivia Anne David; Afable, Sanny Boy; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Exploring business models for carbon emission reduction via post-consumer recycling infrastructures in Beijing: An agent-based modelling approach

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 188, January 2023, article number 106666
Tong, Xin; Yu, Haofan; Han, Ling; Liu, Tao; Dong, Liang; Zisopoulos, Filippos; Steuer, Benjamin; de Jong, Martin
Article

Exploring capacities, environmental benefits and potential for a circular economy on waste plastic bottles in Hong Kong

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 199, December 2023, article number 107270
Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu
Article

Exploring greenhouse gas emissions pathways and stakeholder perspectives: In search of circular economy policy innovation for waste paper management and carbon neutrality in Hong Kong

Journal of Environmental Management, v. 341, September 2023, article number 118072
Chen, Peixiu; Sauerwein, Meike; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Informal recyclers as stakeholders in a circular economy

Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2023, article number 137894
Zisopoulos, Filippos K.; Steuer, Benjamin; Abussafy, Ricardo; Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Liu, Zhaowen; Tong, Xin; Schraven, Daan
Article

An evolutionary institutional framework to evaluate circular economy performance: Empirical findings from China and Hong Kong

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Evaluating Circular Economy Applications for Plastic Waste Management in Hong Kong

Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu
Conference paper

Food delivery packaging in China: Environmental impact reduction potential from circular economy approaches

Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2022 3

An effective system for recovering recyclable waste from households in China: Ant Recovery's bottom-up scheme in Changchun city

Waste Management, v. 139, February 2022, p. 352-361
Steuer, Benjamin; Li, Hujie
Article

The Emergence of Circular Economy SMEs in Hong Kong: What is Needed to Invigorate the Dynamic

Role of Circular Economy in Resource Sustainability / Edited by Pezhman Ghadimi, Michael D. Gilchrist, Ming Xu. Switzerland : Springer, 2022, p. 63-72, Ch. 6. Book series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
Steuer, Benjamin
Book chapter

Remains of the Everyday: A Century of Recycling in Beijing [Book review]

The China Quarterly, v. 249, March 2022, p. 284-286
Steuer, Benjamin
Book review

2021 7

Identifying effective institutions for China’s circular economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

Waste Management and Research, v. 39, (7), July 2021, p. 937-946
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Role and potential of the circular economy in managing end-of-life ships in china

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 164, January 2021, article number 105039
Steuer, Benjamin; Staudner, Margarethe; Ramusch, Roland
Article

Hunting for hidden treasures: A research methodology on China’s informal recycling sector

The Routledge Handbook of Waste Studies / Edited By Zsuzsa Gille, Josh Lepawsky. London : Routledge, 2021, p. 154-168, Ch. 11
Steuer, Benjamin
Book chapter

Emerging Circular Economy SMEs in Hong Kong: What Is Needed to Invigorate the Dynamic

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Environmental-Social-Economic Analysis of Inclusive Municipal Solid Waste Management

Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu
Conference paper

Governing waste wise cities – which institutions do we need? A theoretical discussion in the context of developments in mainland China

Selected Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology: Building Zero-waste Cities Progressively = 第十六届固体废物管理与技术国际会议论文集︰“无废城市”建设次第推进 / Edited by Li Jinhui. China : Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2021, p. 41-54
Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Konfuzianismus, das Ritual und dessen systemische Instrumentalisierung im Sinne des Umweltschutzes

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2020 4

Governing China’s Informal Waste Collectors under Xi Jinping: Aligning Interests to Yield Effective Outcomes

Journal für Entwicklungspolitik: JEP, v. 36, (1), 2020, p. 61-87
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

A New Approach to Measuring Effective Linkage Formation in China’s Industrial Symbiosis Parks

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Effective institutions for advancing China’s Circular Economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Recycle or Perish: The Role of Resource Recovery for China's Future Development

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2019 1

China’s Circular Economy – Who is in charge of plastic waste recycling?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2018 3

Can Beijing’s informal waste recycling sector survive amidst worsening circumstances?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 128, January 2018, p. 59-68
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus
Article

Is There a Future for the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China?

Detritus - Multidisciplinary Journal for Waste Resources and Residues, v. 4, December 2018, p. 189-200
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus
Article

北京垃圾分类市民论坛.演讲题为：中国城市废品回收:非正规部门的收集与预先处理奏效与否？

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2017 5

Analysis of the value chain and network structure of informal waste recycling in Beijing, China

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 117, (B), February 2017, p. 137-150
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Part, Florian; Salhofer, Stefan
Article

Conflict or Cooperation: The Patterns of Interaction Between State and Non-state Actors in China’s Environmental Governance

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), October 2017, p. 349-359
Shen, Yongdong; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Is China’s regulatory system on urban household waste collection effective? An evidence-based analysis on the evolution of formal rules and contravening informal practices

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), 3 October 2017, p. 411-436
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Dealing with discarded e-devices

Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China / Edited by Eva Sternfeld. London : Routledge, 2017, p. 314-327, Ch. 23
Schulz, Yvan; Steuer, Benjamin
Book chapter

Can the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China Survive Amidst Worsening Circumstances?

Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Salhofer, S.
Conference paper

2016 4

WEEE management in Europe and China: A comparison

Waste Management, v. 57, November 2016, p. 27-35
Salhofer, S; Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Beigl, P.
Article

What Institutional Dynamics Guide Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Refurbishment and Reuse in Urban China?

Recycling, v. 1, (2), September 2016, p. 286-310
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

How Do Institutional Dynamics Shape the Chinese Circular Economy? Examples From Waste Management

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Why Does ‘Informal’ Waste Collection and Recycling Thrive in Mainland China?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2015 4

Empirical evidence from the field: who is in control of waste management in urban China?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Implementation of the Circular Economy in China: What's the dynamic and what has been achieved?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Ship Recycling in China: Economic pressure vs. human health and environmental standards

Staudner, M.; Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

The Winner Takes It All – Why is Informal Waste Collection in Urban China Successful?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2014 2

Is China’s Waste Management Legislation Successful? Evidence from urban Chinese Waste Management Practices

Steuer, Benjamin; Salhofer, Stefan; Linzner, Roland; F. Part
Conference paper

Was die Abfallwirtschaft wert ist: Perspektiven der Wertschöpfung durch den informellen Sektor in der VR China

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; F. Part; Salhofer, Stefan
Conference paper

2013 2

Waste Management Patterns in the People’s Republic of China – Informal Dynamics and Formal Countermeasures within the Circular Economy Context

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan
Conference paper

WEEE Legislation and Implementation in Europe and the PR China – A Comparison

Salhofer, Stefan; Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Beigl, Peter
Conference paper

Article 2

Electrical and electronic equipment repair in a circular economy: Investigating consumer behaviour in Hong Kong

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 215, April 2025, article number 108036
May, Soe Oo; Steuer, Benjamin

Inequities blocking the path to circular economies: A bio-inspired network-based approach for assessing the sustainability of the global trade of waste metals

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 212, January 2025, article number 107958
Zisopoulos, Filippos K.; Fath, Brian D.; Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Huang, Hao; Schraven, Daan; Steuer, Benjamin; Stefanakis, Alexandros; Clark, O.Grant; Scrieciu, Serban; Singh, Simron; Noll, Dominik; de Jong, Martin

Article 4

A first assessment of Hong Kong’s circular economy for wastepaper: Material flows, value chains and the role of the semi-formal informal recycling sector

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 450, April 2024, article number 141939
Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin

Behavioural responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and their implications for Sustainable Development Goals in Hong Kong

Cities & Health, v. 8, (2), January 2024, p. 226-239
Perez, Olivia Anne David; Delina, Laurence L.; Steuer, Benjamin

Characterizing the polycentricity in waste governance: a comparative study on Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong

npj Urban Sustainability, v. 4, August 2024, article number 42
Hao, Xinyu; Dong, Liang; Qiang, Xuepeng; Steuer, Benjamin; Wang, Hongzhou; Chen, Peixiu; Wang, Xiaofei; Ma, Wenting; Li, Jiaying; Tong, Xin; Zhang, Xiaoling

Hong Kong's Circular Economy on Plastics: Are the Economics Failing?

Detritus, v. 27, June 2024, p. 37-46
Steuer, Benjamin

Book chapter 1

The Circular Economy in China: For the People? With the People?

Circular Economies in an Unequal World: Waste, Renewal and the Effects of Global Circularity / edited by Patrick O’Hare, Dagna Rams . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024, Ch. 9
Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 3

Assessing the effectiveness of circular economy solutions for single-use plastics

Steuer, Benjamin

Hong Kong’s Circular Economy on Plastics

Steuer, Benjamin

The environmental mitigation of circular economy strategies by consumers for food and beverage containers (FaBCs) packaging by life-cycle assessment in Guangzhou, China

Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin

Article 5

Do global public health crises change people's behaviors towards sustainability? Evidence of the COVID-19 and sustainability nexus from Hong Kong

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, v. 10, September 2023, article number 100132
Delina, Laurence Laurencio; Perez, Olivia Anne David; Afable, Sanny Boy; Steuer, Benjamin

Exploring business models for carbon emission reduction via post-consumer recycling infrastructures in Beijing: An agent-based modelling approach

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 188, January 2023, article number 106666
Tong, Xin; Yu, Haofan; Han, Ling; Liu, Tao; Dong, Liang; Zisopoulos, Filippos; Steuer, Benjamin; de Jong, Martin

Exploring capacities, environmental benefits and potential for a circular economy on waste plastic bottles in Hong Kong

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 199, December 2023, article number 107270
Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu

Exploring greenhouse gas emissions pathways and stakeholder perspectives: In search of circular economy policy innovation for waste paper management and carbon neutrality in Hong Kong

Journal of Environmental Management, v. 341, September 2023, article number 118072
Chen, Peixiu; Sauerwein, Meike; Steuer, Benjamin

Informal recyclers as stakeholders in a circular economy

Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2023, article number 137894
Zisopoulos, Filippos K.; Steuer, Benjamin; Abussafy, Ricardo; Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Liu, Zhaowen; Tong, Xin; Schraven, Daan

Conference paper 3

An evolutionary institutional framework to evaluate circular economy performance: Empirical findings from China and Hong Kong

Steuer, Benjamin

Evaluating Circular Economy Applications for Plastic Waste Management in Hong Kong

Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu

Food delivery packaging in China: Environmental impact reduction potential from circular economy approaches

Chen, Peixiu; Steuer, Benjamin

Article 1

An effective system for recovering recyclable waste from households in China: Ant Recovery's bottom-up scheme in Changchun city

Waste Management, v. 139, February 2022, p. 352-361
Steuer, Benjamin; Li, Hujie

Book chapter 1

The Emergence of Circular Economy SMEs in Hong Kong: What is Needed to Invigorate the Dynamic

Role of Circular Economy in Resource Sustainability / Edited by Pezhman Ghadimi, Michael D. Gilchrist, Ming Xu. Switzerland : Springer, 2022, p. 63-72, Ch. 6. Book series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
Steuer, Benjamin

Book review 1

Remains of the Everyday: A Century of Recycling in Beijing [Book review]

The China Quarterly, v. 249, March 2022, p. 284-286
Steuer, Benjamin

Article 2

Identifying effective institutions for China’s circular economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

Waste Management and Research, v. 39, (7), July 2021, p. 937-946
Steuer, Benjamin

Role and potential of the circular economy in managing end-of-life ships in china

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 164, January 2021, article number 105039
Steuer, Benjamin; Staudner, Margarethe; Ramusch, Roland

Book chapter 1

Hunting for hidden treasures: A research methodology on China’s informal recycling sector

The Routledge Handbook of Waste Studies / Edited By Zsuzsa Gille, Josh Lepawsky. London : Routledge, 2021, p. 154-168, Ch. 11
Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 4

Emerging Circular Economy SMEs in Hong Kong: What Is Needed to Invigorate the Dynamic

Steuer, Benjamin

Environmental-Social-Economic Analysis of Inclusive Municipal Solid Waste Management

Steuer, Benjamin; Chen, Peixiu

Governing waste wise cities – which institutions do we need? A theoretical discussion in the context of developments in mainland China

Selected Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology: Building Zero-waste Cities Progressively = 第十六届固体废物管理与技术国际会议论文集︰“无废城市”建设次第推进 / Edited by Li Jinhui. China : Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2021, p. 41-54
Steuer, Benjamin

Konfuzianismus, das Ritual und dessen systemische Instrumentalisierung im Sinne des Umweltschutzes

Steuer, Benjamin

Article 1

Governing China’s Informal Waste Collectors under Xi Jinping: Aligning Interests to Yield Effective Outcomes

Journal für Entwicklungspolitik: JEP, v. 36, (1), 2020, p. 61-87
Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 3

A New Approach to Measuring Effective Linkage Formation in China’s Industrial Symbiosis Parks

Steuer, Benjamin

Effective institutions for advancing China’s Circular Economy: Bottom-up evidence from waste management

Steuer, Benjamin

Recycle or Perish: The Role of Resource Recovery for China's Future Development

Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 1

China’s Circular Economy – Who is in charge of plastic waste recycling?

Steuer, Benjamin

Article 2

Can Beijing’s informal waste recycling sector survive amidst worsening circumstances?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 128, January 2018, p. 59-68
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus

Is There a Future for the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China?

Detritus - Multidisciplinary Journal for Waste Resources and Residues, v. 4, December 2018, p. 189-200
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus

Conference paper 1

北京垃圾分类市民论坛.演讲题为：中国城市废品回收:非正规部门的收集与预先处理奏效与否？

Steuer, Benjamin

Article 3

Analysis of the value chain and network structure of informal waste recycling in Beijing, China

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 117, (B), February 2017, p. 137-150
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Part, Florian; Salhofer, Stefan

Conflict or Cooperation: The Patterns of Interaction Between State and Non-state Actors in China’s Environmental Governance

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), October 2017, p. 349-359
Shen, Yongdong; Steuer, Benjamin

Is China’s regulatory system on urban household waste collection effective? An evidence-based analysis on the evolution of formal rules and contravening informal practices

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), 3 October 2017, p. 411-436
Steuer, Benjamin

Book chapter 1

Dealing with discarded e-devices

Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China / Edited by Eva Sternfeld. London : Routledge, 2017, p. 314-327, Ch. 23
Schulz, Yvan; Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 1

Can the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China Survive Amidst Worsening Circumstances?

Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Salhofer, S.

Article 2

WEEE management in Europe and China: A comparison

Waste Management, v. 57, November 2016, p. 27-35
Salhofer, S; Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Beigl, P.

What Institutional Dynamics Guide Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Refurbishment and Reuse in Urban China?

Recycling, v. 1, (2), September 2016, p. 286-310
Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 2

How Do Institutional Dynamics Shape the Chinese Circular Economy? Examples From Waste Management

Steuer, Benjamin

Why Does ‘Informal’ Waste Collection and Recycling Thrive in Mainland China?

Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 4

Empirical evidence from the field: who is in control of waste management in urban China?

Steuer, Benjamin

Implementation of the Circular Economy in China: What's the dynamic and what has been achieved?

Steuer, Benjamin

Ship Recycling in China: Economic pressure vs. human health and environmental standards

Staudner, M.; Steuer, Benjamin

The Winner Takes It All – Why is Informal Waste Collection in Urban China Successful?

Steuer, Benjamin

Conference paper 2

Is China’s Waste Management Legislation Successful? Evidence from urban Chinese Waste Management Practices

Steuer, Benjamin; Salhofer, Stefan; Linzner, Roland; F. Part

Was die Abfallwirtschaft wert ist: Perspektiven der Wertschöpfung durch den informellen Sektor in der VR China

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; F. Part; Salhofer, Stefan

Conference paper 2

Waste Management Patterns in the People’s Republic of China – Informal Dynamics and Formal Countermeasures within the Circular Economy Context

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan

WEEE Legislation and Implementation in Europe and the PR China – A Comparison

Salhofer, Stefan; Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Beigl, Peter

2019 1

China’s Circular Economy – Who is in charge of plastic waste recycling?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2018 3

Can Beijing’s informal waste recycling sector survive amidst worsening circumstances?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 128, January 2018, p. 59-68
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus
Article

Is There a Future for the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China?

Detritus - Multidisciplinary Journal for Waste Resources and Residues, v. 4, December 2018, p. 189-200
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan Petrus
Article

北京垃圾分类市民论坛.演讲题为：中国城市废品回收:非正规部门的收集与预先处理奏效与否？

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2017 5

Analysis of the value chain and network structure of informal waste recycling in Beijing, China

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 117, (B), February 2017, p. 137-150
Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, Roland; Part, Florian; Salhofer, Stefan
Article

Conflict or Cooperation: The Patterns of Interaction Between State and Non-state Actors in China’s Environmental Governance

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), October 2017, p. 349-359
Shen, Yongdong; Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Is China’s regulatory system on urban household waste collection effective? An evidence-based analysis on the evolution of formal rules and contravening informal practices

Journal of Chinese Governance, v. 2, (4), 3 October 2017, p. 411-436
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

Dealing with discarded e-devices

Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China / Edited by Eva Sternfeld. London : Routledge, 2017, p. 314-327, Ch. 23
Schulz, Yvan; Steuer, Benjamin
Book chapter

Can the Informal Recycling Sector in Urban China Survive Amidst Worsening Circumstances?

Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Salhofer, S.
Conference paper

2016 4

WEEE management in Europe and China: A comparison

Waste Management, v. 57, November 2016, p. 27-35
Salhofer, S; Steuer, Benjamin; Ramusch, R.; Beigl, P.
Article

What Institutional Dynamics Guide Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Refurbishment and Reuse in Urban China?

Recycling, v. 1, (2), September 2016, p. 286-310
Steuer, Benjamin
Article

How Do Institutional Dynamics Shape the Chinese Circular Economy? Examples From Waste Management

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Why Does ‘Informal’ Waste Collection and Recycling Thrive in Mainland China?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2015 4

Empirical evidence from the field: who is in control of waste management in urban China?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Implementation of the Circular Economy in China: What's the dynamic and what has been achieved?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

Ship Recycling in China: Economic pressure vs. human health and environmental standards

Staudner, M.; Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

The Winner Takes It All – Why is Informal Waste Collection in Urban China Successful?

Steuer, Benjamin
Conference paper

2014 2

Is China’s Waste Management Legislation Successful? Evidence from urban Chinese Waste Management Practices

Steuer, Benjamin; Salhofer, Stefan; Linzner, Roland; F. Part
Conference paper

Was die Abfallwirtschaft wert ist: Perspektiven der Wertschöpfung durch den informellen Sektor in der VR China

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; F. Part; Salhofer, Stefan
Conference paper

2013 2

Waste Management Patterns in the People’s Republic of China – Informal Dynamics and Formal Countermeasures within the Circular Economy Context

Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Salhofer, Stefan
Conference paper

WEEE Legislation and Implementation in Europe and the PR China – A Comparison

Salhofer, Stefan; Steuer, Benjamin; Linzner, Roland; Beigl, Peter
Conference paper

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Spring 3 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 3 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 1 2023-24 Winter 0

ENVR4990	Environmental Management and Technology Capstone Project II
ENVR6010O	Postgraduate Seminar
SUST1000	Sustainability Fundamentals

ENVR2080	Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment
ENVR4980	Environmental Management and Technology Capstone Project I
ENVR5380	The Circular Economy – Governance, Business Practices and Modes of Transition

SUST1000

Sustainability Fundamentals

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 15 May 2025)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

AZHAR, Naila
Environmental Science, Policy and Management
MAY, Soe Oo
Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Master of Philosophy

THOMETZ, Eva Marie Yi-fai
Environmental Science, Policy and Management

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

CHEN, Peixiu
Environmental Science, Policy and Management( Completed in 2024 )

Master of Philosophy

PEREZ, Olivia Anne David (co-supervision)
Environmental Science, Policy and Management( Completed in 2023 )

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 4 Leading Projects 1 Participating Projects 3

Can we regulate our way to a circular economy? A study of the relationship between extended producer responsibility regulation and sustainable innovation in the textile industry

監管能否推動循環經濟？紡織業中生產者責任延伸法規與可持續創新之關係研究 Participating

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
MATUS Kira (Lead)

STEUER Benjamin
2025 -
Enabling Green Finance for Circular Economy Business Models

以綠色金融促進迴圈經濟商業模式 Leading

France / Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
STEUER Benjamin (Lead)
2025 -
Developing Hong Kong as a Global Green Finance Centre

發展香港成為全球的綠色金融中心 Participating

RGC - Theme-based Research Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
ZHANG Chu (Lead)

CHAN Keith

CHEN Zhanhui

CHENG Jack Chin Pang

CHOI Darwin

DELINA Laurence Laurencio

FUNG Jimmy Chi Hung

HUANG Allen Hao

HUI Kai Lung

IM Eun Soon

LAU Alexis Kai Hon

LI Yingying

LOH Kung Wai Christine

MOREAU Quentin

MUKHERJEE Abhiroop

PANAYOTOV George Kamenov

PARK Albert Francis

SHI Xiaoming

STEUER Benjamin

TAM Kar Yan

WANG Walter Zhe

ZALDOKAS Alminas

ZHAO Xiaofan

ZHOU Zoey Yiyuan
2022 -
Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Water Security

粵港水安全保障聯合實驗室 Participating

Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
Project Team (HKUST)
LU Zhongming

SHI Xiaoming

STEUER Benjamin
2021 - 2023

Research Interest

Publications

2025 2

2024 8

2023 8

2022 3

2021 7

2020 4

2019 1

2018 3

2017 5

2016 4

2015 4

2014 2

2013 2

Article 2

Article 4

Book chapter 1

Conference paper 3

Article 5

Conference paper 3

Article 1

Book chapter 1

Book review 1

Article 2

Book chapter 1

Conference paper 4

Article 1

Conference paper 3

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Conference paper 1

Article 3

Book chapter 1

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Conference paper 2

Conference paper 4

Conference paper 2

Conference paper 2

2019 1

2018 3

2017 5

2016 4

2015 4

2014 2

2013 2

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 15 May 2025)

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Graduated RPGs

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