Abstract
AbstractAs the world is facing numerous global ecological issues at once, the question arises of what will help mitigate and solve contemporary matters related to resource management or climate change without devastating the economies. Fortunately, the widespread application of the circular economy would help countries worldwide simultaneously ensure economic growth without significant environmental deterioration, essentially decoupling the two factors. While Hungary’s contribution to environmental problems is not significant in absolute terms, the economic sector’s circular transition could help the country decrease its impact in relative terms and pave the path for a green economy. Nevertheless, companies, especially SMEs, tend to struggle the most with the initial phases of the shift thus it is crucial to assess the factors that prevent and support their transition.
Highlights
Unauthenticated | Downloaded 12/23/21 01:38 PM UTCProgress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences 17 (2021) 1, 101–132 management did not appear in the 18th and 19th centuries, environmental scientists have been indicating that the current consumption trends are unsustainable since the second half of the 20th century
The interviewee from Company D remarks the role of the government in helping firms reduce, reuse, or recycle their material use, as he believes that public officials should implement monetary policies to incentivize companies by underlining his point that “many people can achieve anything for money. . . must be worth it for everyone, because everyone is motivated by the material cost of things.”
The literature review and the interviews indicate that Hungarian SMEs are in a similar position to most SMEs throughout the globe when it comes to transitioning from the linear economy (LE) to the CE
Summary
Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences 17 (2021) 1, 101–132 management did not appear in the 18th and 19th centuries, environmental scientists have been indicating that the current consumption trends are unsustainable since the second half of the 20th century. Spaargaren and Van Vliet (2000) underline that we need to “reconsider all the distinct lifestyle segments or sectors from an environmental management perspective” (57) in order to develop a more sustainable lifestyle. In spite of environmental scientists and scholars constantly calling for people’s changes in their consumption, the current state of ecological destruction demonstrates that these warnings have been mostly ignored. While the book was written almost half a century ago, its core messages still stand today: the contemporary population growth and the present rate of economics are not sustainable much beyond 2100. It means that consumption will keep exponentially growing as more countries aim to escape poverty and hunger
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