**Acknowledgements**

The authors acknowledge support of the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI). The authors Ángeles Trujillo-Reyes and Dr. Fernando G. Fermoso would like to thank the project entitled "Employing circular economy approach for OFMSW management within the Mediterranean countries-CEOMED" number A\_B4.2\_0058, funded under the ENI CBC MED 2014-2020 program, for financing this research. Dr. Antonio Serrano is grateful to the Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities Department of the Andalucia Autonomous Government for this Emergia fellowship (EMERGIA20\_00114). Dr. David Jeison would like to thank the support provided by CRHIAM centre (ANID/FONDAP/15130015).
