Abstract
Environmental issues and relevant policy plans are steadily involving the circular economy (CE) concept into business development. Such significant approaches to achieve environmentally sustainable economic development, they are supported and reinforced by dissatisfaction with the linear traditional approach of “take-make-dispose” model. This traditional production model is bounded on large quantities of directly accessible resources and energy. Therefore, at this study the transition of the linear take-make-dispose model was investigated toward the circularity approach of cost-effectiveness over eco-efficiency. In this respect the study focused on, mainly European, environmental legislation at the industrial sector and the abiding legal practices and social planning regarding CE. The collective presentation of directives and regulations was accompanied by representing those research considerations, social reflections, and legal practices’ impacting. The challenging issues and the key developmental prospects for future researches have been conclusively denoted.
Highlights
Nowadays plentiful researches have systematically approached legislation issues regarding manufacturing and industrial conditions of production
International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme (a) Circular Economy Package; (b) EPR, as a significant financial and operational instrument which fosters the requirements of the Circular Economy Package in the fields of EU waste law and policy, linking relevant legislative and policy issues; (c) Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste; (d) Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles; (e) Directive 2012/19/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE); (f) Directive 2006/66 on batteries and accumulators; (g) The amended Waste Framework Directive 2018/851 concerning the strategic importance of waste prevention by confirming its top priority for waste legislation/waste hierarchy
It is proven that the regulation of sharing responsibilities for waste management and pursuing sustainability goals in the circular economy (CE) projects is of utmost importance
Summary
Nowadays plentiful researches have systematically approached legislation issues regarding manufacturing and industrial conditions of production. The adoption of the new OSH regulation contributed to the reduction in injuries cases within advanced manufacturing sectors, but the accident rates in traditional manufacturing did not show any statistically significant change following such a legislative reform (Arocena and Nunez 2009). Another critical consideration is the examination of those distinct features between private and public law, in order to determine those traditional private law regimes that may provide a sound basis to improve the law’s capacity to cover the circular economy (hereinafter CE) principles (preferably) in a proactive manner. An integrated discussion on the key-findings was developed, while the concluding remarks have succinctly denoted the key-issues and the future research prospects and challenges offered
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