Towards a Sustainable Circular Economy - Remarks on plastics and wood-waste sector

• Autorzy: Marcus Will
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Aim: As the traditional approach towards entering a path of sustainable development based on a "efficiency, consistency, sufficiency approach" is questionable, This article discusses opportunities and challenges for the circular economy to become a "last chance" for the current capitalistic and market based system to become more sustainable. Design / Research methods: Two case studies of material (waste) streams of plastics and wood-waste are presented in order to identify challenges in the development and functioning of the circular economy. Conclusions / findings: While the circular economy can deal with threats to sustainability embraced in an efficiency and sufficiency approach, it refers to a technology-driven consistency approach, not questioning the consumption and production patterns in the capitalist economy, and the functioning of the market economy as such.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Financial sustainability; Recycling; Circular economy; Sustainable development

PL

Stabilność finansowa; Recykling; Gospodarka zamkniętego obiegu; Rozwój zrównoważony

• Czasopismo: Central European Review of Economics and Management
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 3
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 149--183

Twórcy

autor

Marcus Will

• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany

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DOI

http://dx.10.29015/cerem.862