Open AccessIMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Author(s) -
Tetiana Kovtun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rozvitok metodìv upravlìnnâ ta gospodarûvannâ na transportì
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-3893
pISSN - 2226-1915
DOI - 10.31375/2226-1915-2020-3-22-42
Subject(s) - circular economy , sustainable development , reuse , natural resource , economic system , green economy , element (criminal law) , natural capital , population , economics , business , economy , engineering , ecology , political science , demography , ecosystem , sociology , law , ecosystem services , biology , waste management
he concept of a circular economy, which is a practical basis for the implementation of an environmental economy and offers effective business models to ensure more efficient use of resources, contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals, is studied in the article.The main processes of the eco-destructive influence of mankind on the environment are characterized. To determine the degree of eco-destructive influence allows a special indicator −the ecological footprintshowing the demand of the human population for natural capital.It is possible to reduce the effects of eco-destructive impact on nature through the introduction of new life concepts. The connection between the concepts of sustainable development, environmental economics and circular economy is traced. An environmental economy is one way to achieve sustainable development, and a circular economy is a specific tool for the transition to an environmental economy.Circular economy is one of the directions of the green economy. The systems approach presents a circular economy as a model of an economic system, which is an element of a technogenic systemand is based on the reuse of materials, thereby conserving natural resources, and considers the issue of creating value for the elements of the system.It is shown that the principles of the circular economy are implemented through five business models, the introduction of which is possible due to the combination of the circular economy processes in frameworks of varying complexity from «4R» to «9R» based on industrial metabolism and symbiosis, when the interaction between the elements of the technogenic system can be carried out at the micro-, meso- and macrolevels in resourced according to the cascade principle, when the wastes of one production are raw materials for another, thereby ensuring a decrease in the eco-destructive impact on the environment.The circular economy takes into account the biological and technical cycles of the circulation of resources and the potential benefits that can be obtained at different levels of these cycles, it involves a transition from a linear economy to a closed-loop economy. The introduction of a circular economy requires changes in existing logistics systems. Closed supply chains are created that combine the usual processes of a direct supply chain with reverse logistics processes, which can significantly reduce the eco-destructive impact on the environment.