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Drivers and barriers in the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy

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dc.contributor.authorNeves, Sónia Almeida
dc.contributor.authorCardoso Marques, António
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-22T08:45:08Z
dc.date.available2022-09-22T08:45:08Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractA paradigm shift from a linear economy to a circular economy is crucial to reduce pressure on the environment and to improve the security of supply of primary raw materials. Under this new paradigm, governed by the imperatives of “reduce, reuse, and recycle”, the extraction of primary resources is minimised by extending the useful life of existing resources and materials. This paper seeks to identify the drivers and barriers of this circularisation and provide guidance for effective policies to hasten the transition to it. The innovative contribution made by this paper to this area of research is the empirical evidence it provides on the role played by economic, social, and environmental factors in the transition to a circular economy. To achieve this, yearly data from 2010 to 2019, for a panel of 19 European Union countries were analysed employing a Panel-Corrected Standard Errors estimator, which was shown to be an appropriate estimator for the data's characteristics. The circular material use rate was used as a proxy for the circular economy. The main findings suggest that the age distribution of a country is a significant predictor of a circular economy. Older people tend to be reluctant to change their behaviour, while young people are more inclined to move away from the so-called ‘take-make-waste’ extractive industrial model. Policies directed to older people to sensibilize them on the benefits and importance of a circular economy are thus required. When per capita income increases, the propensity to accept products containing recycled materials decreases. This finding merits the particular attention of policymakers. In turn, income inequality makes moving toward a circular economy more difficult. Those in the middle-income bracket are more likely to exhibit green behaviour, which implies that they are more aware of environmental issues.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130865pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12355
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationResearch Unit in Business Sciences
dc.subjectCircular Economypt_PT
dc.subjectEuropean unionpt_PT
dc.subjectReusept_PT
dc.subjectReducept_PT
dc.subjectRecyclept_PT
dc.subjectCircular material use ratept_PT
dc.titleDrivers and barriers in the transition from a linear economy to a circular economypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleResearch Unit in Business Sciences
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04630%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.startPage130865pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Cleaner Productionpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume341pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
person.familyNameNeves
person.familyNameMarques
person.givenNameSónia Almeida
person.givenNameAntónio Cardoso
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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