Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to clarify the topic of the transition to circular economy, an expression of the European “Green New Deal”, which has several application consequences for the SGEI sector. Approach: The approach consists of examining the European policy framework, the most relevant consequences of the transposition of the 2018 waste directives for the domestic system, the new measures for local authorities and users, and the new “purpose” of the utilities industries based on sharing and environmentally friendly solutions. Findings: The study highlights the need for several practical adjustments in the implementation of circular economy: the necessary technological innovation requirements for industrial production, reforms of the national legal framework, and an inevitable wider cultural evolution. Publications concerning the transition to circular economy in relation to public services of the general economic interest sector are not numerous in law literature. Most of the existing documents and communications are provided by the European Commission and the analyses are based mainly on the guidelines of the new green policy and the specific EU legal framework. Academic contribution to the field and originality/significance/value: The paper adds to existing research focusing mainly on legal studies of the wider consequences for national utility policy and companies’ business plans, the role of local public authorities having direct powers that need reforms, and the position of consumers.
Highlights
The European Circular Economy model and 2018 regulations on waste are not limited to this sector but anticipate the recent and wider European policy of the Green New Deal (2019/2020)
We examine the Italian legal measures and the possible role of public and private subjects involved in the gradual implementation of the Circular Economy in the perspective of management solutions by means partnership, public-private companies of adequate size
The most relevant questions: are the public services be reconnectable to the use of economic goods that can be configured as common goods? what are the consequences of the new European environmental policy and the transposition of the 2018 European directives “Circular Economy Package” on the internal system? And on the Italian one? for the search of a clear definition of the concept of “Circular Economy”
Summary
The European Circular Economy model and 2018 regulations on waste are not limited to this sector but anticipate the recent and wider European policy of the Green New Deal (2019/2020). The new paradigm of the “Circular Economy” goes beyond the boundaries of the administrative action of mere waste management to protect the environment and includes the entire industrial process of design and production of goods. It becomes an instrument of industrial policy, capable of guiding and attracting investments, generating value; this model that cannot be confined in the scope of the environmental protection, but necessarily includes the social, educational and financial profiles inherent in the overall redefinition of European industrial policy.
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