Circular economy practices contribute to achieve sustainability and to alleviate the consequences of value chain disruptions and surging prices of energy and raw materials. While startups are increasingly recognized as a powerful engine for innovation processes needed to support this transition,...

The waste management sector is undergoing profound transformations that challenge its structures and institutions. The function and position of waste management companies have been changing, and this process accelerates as the circular economy consolidates as part of the strategy to implement...

This article focus on regulation of plastic pollution. A global Plastic Treaty will be presented and supported by 175 UN Member States in 2024. The first United National Environment Assembly (UNEA 1) were held in 2014 and there, the Member States recognized for the first time the emerging global...

The study aims to explore circular economy (CE) activities concerning companies reporting and does CE support environmental performance. The research methodology consists of mixed methods, qualitative content analysis and quantitative analysis. The research searched CE-related activities,...

Every year, buildings undergo services of adaptation to account for changes in users’ needs, deterioration, code updates, among others. This process, also called building obsolescence, is inevitable and most of these buildings lack a proactive adaptation plan. New buildings, however, can be...

SUMMARYCurrently, manufacturing companies, regardless of the segment in which they operate, face the challenge of resource scarcity, price increases and even the difficulty of accessing raw materials, due to different factors such as pandemics or even international conflicts. By adopting...

Repairers may play a substantial role in the shift from a linear (make, use, dispose) to a more circular economy, which minimises waste. Defective second-hand products are not only reused by its owners, but they are also traded in the second-hand market. Most behavioural research in the...

The article is devoted to the study of green enterprise logistics management and the circular economy incentives used for the implementation of green environmental projects in the countries of the European Union and Ukraine. The article develops methodological approaches and practical...

Different from plastics recycling policies in many European countries, the German Dual System aims to provide a comprehensive regulatory system for post-consumer plastics recycling. Our paper analyses, how the interplay of actors and regulations shaped market processes in that system. Based on...