scholarly journals Behavioral change for the circular economy: A review with focus on electronic waste management in the EU

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 100035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshav Parajuly ◽  
Colin Fitzpatrick ◽  
Orla Muldoon ◽  
Ruediger Kuehr
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals How Far Away Are World Economies from Circularity: Assessing the Capacity of Circular Economy Policy Packages in the Operation of Raw Materials and Industrial Wastes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4394
Author(s):  
Margarita Ignatyeva ◽  
Vera Yurak ◽  
Alexey Dushin ◽  
Vladimir Strovsky ◽  
Sergey Zavyalov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Industrial Wastes ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Degree Level ◽  
The Eu

Nowadays, circular economy (CE) is on the agenda, however, this concept of closed supply chains originated in the 1960s. The current growing quantity of studies in this area accounts for different discourses except the holistic one, which mixes both approaches—contextual and operating (contextual approach utilizes the thorough examination of the CE theory, stricture of the policy, etc.; the operating one uses any kind of statistical data)—to assess the capacity of circular economy regulatory policy packages (CERPP) in operating raw materials and industrial wastes. This article demonstrates new guidelines for assessing the degree level of capacity (DLC) of CERPPs in the operation of raw materials and industrial wastes by utilizing the apparatus of the fuzzy set theory. It scrupulously surveys current CERPPs in three regions: the EU overall, Finland and Russia; and assesses for eight regions—the EU overall, Finland, Russia, China, Greece, France, the Netherlands and South Korea—the DLC of CERPPs in operating raw materials and industrial wastes. The results show that EU is the best in CE policy and its CERPP is 3R. The following are South Korea and China with the same type of CERPP. Finland, France and the Netherlands have worse results than EU with the type of CERPP called “integrated waste management” because of the absence of a waste hierarchy (reduce, recover, recycle). Russia closes the list with the type of CERPP “basic waste management”.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Circular Economy in Ukraine: The Context of European Integration

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Nestor Shpak ◽  
Oleh Kuzmin ◽  
Olga Melnyk ◽  
Mariana Ruda ◽  
Włodzimierz Sroka
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Purchasing Power Parity ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Power Parity ◽  
Multifactor Model ◽  
The Eu

The current model of resource management mainly contributes to mass short-term consumption, which creates an unstable and extremely critical situation on the planet. Going beyond the traditional industrial model of Take-Make-Waste, the circular economy aims to reduce waste (and therefore minimize costs) and to redefine sustainable development. This entails a gradual separation of economic activity from the consumption of scarce resources and the removal of waste from the system. In order to foreground the principles of a circular economy in Ukraine, this study analyzes its benefits based on the relevant experience of the EU. The paper also presents the results of research and content analysis on the situation of waste management in Ukraine and compares the trends using key indicators. The core of the paper is developing a conceptual model of making and coordinating management decisions on the implementation of business projects in the context of a circular economy in Ukraine. A multifactor model (the Farrar–Glauber method was further developed) has been built by identification of the main factors, i.e., the volume of generated waste from economic activity per unit of GDP at constant prices, emissions of pollutants, and capital investments for the protection of the environment. Factor coefficients indicate how many units will change the resultant trait Y, measured in thousand tonnes, if one of them changes by 1 (each in units of measure). It means that if the volume of waste generated from economic activity per unit of GDP at constant 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) prices decreases by 1 kg/$1000, waste management of I–IV classes will be reduced by 952,737 thousand tonnes. The approbated model can be used to analyze the situation with recycling in the EU countries, considering the amount of capital investment in environmental protection.

Circular Economy Model for the E-Waste Management Sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 216-230
Author(s):  
Dileep Baburao Baragde ◽  
Amit Uttam Jadhav
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Electronics Industry ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
The World

The circular economy (CE) model has become highly relevant in recent years, with the electronics industry being one of the divisions that have thought about its application. Regardless of just a constrained measure of writing being accessible on waste electric and electronic equipment (e-waste), electronic waste or e-waste is a developing and quickly developing test for waste administration in the world. E-waste is a term for electronic items that have turned out to be undesirable, non-working, or outdated, and have basically come to the 'part of the arrangement', inside only a couple of brief years, given the quick innovative advances inside the business. E-waste is created from anything electronic —PCs, TVs, screens, PDAs, PDAs, VCRs, CD players, fax machines, printers, and coolers— and is commonly broken into two classes, information technology (IT) and consumer electronics (CE), on account of divergent systems and technologies required for recycling these products.

scholarly journals WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECTIONS IN BULGARIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radmil Nikolov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Effective Reduction ◽  
Natural Diversity ◽  
The Eu

Waste management is among the priority areas in the policy of Bulgaria, as part of the EU. Improving the environment by reducing landfilled waste, achieving balance and sustainability in different regions of our country, priority orientation to products from biodegradable household waste, effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, improving the condition of soils in Bulgaria, and preserving natural diversity are among the key objectives. Bulgaria's developed National Waste Plan until 2028 is a serious query to find ways to solve the problem of garbage in the country and create conditions for a successful transition to a circular economy. The purpose of the report is to analyze the costs of waste management in Bulgaria for the period 2015-2020 and to characterize the National Plan for Waste Management in Bulgaria until 2028.

Economic regulation of waste management utilities: Taking stock of the Italian reform

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-33
Author(s):  
Antonio Massarutto
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Original Model ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Made In

Since 2018, the economic regulation of Italian municipal waste utilities is attributed to an inde-pendent authority, ARERA. This original model is supposed to facilitate the transition towards the circular economy paradigm, that associates demanding public service obligations to recy-cling and valorization of waste, in the context of a vertically-integrated industry with a wide differentiation of conditions and maturity throughout the country. This paper analyzes the ex-perience of the first two years and discusses the outcomes reached. We start from a discussion of the fundamental economic characteristics of the waste management industry and of how the circular economy paradigm has radically changed it, raising rather new regulatory issues. We next analyze the structure of the Italian municipal waste management industry and its trajecto-ries of evolution face to the challenge to achieve the demanding targets imposed by the EU Circular Economy Package. We present then the regulatory approach adopted by ARERA in the first regulatory period (2020-2021) and discuss its advantages and drawbacks, based on the experience made in the early phase of its implementation.

scholarly journals European Experience in Waste Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Tetiana Vitenko ◽  
Nataliia Marynenko ◽  
Iryna Kramar
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Waste Management Practices ◽  
The Eu

The development of the waste management system in the European Union is studied. The waste management practices in a range of the EU countries are analyzed. The main principles of solving the problem of managing waste in the EU are revealed. A comparison of indicators for waste management in the EU and Ukraine is provided. The dominant European trends among other areas of waste—“zero waste” and “circular economy”—are identified. The regulatory framework for waste management developed in Ukraine as a step towards international environmental safety standards is discussed.

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