The Vicious Circles of Bureaucratic Circular Economy: The Case of Packaging Waste Euro-Targets for Romania

• Published in: Amfiteatru economic Vol. 48; no. 20; pp. 478 - 497
• Main Authors: Jora, Octavian-Dragomir, Pătruți, Alexandru, Iacob, Mihaela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDITURA ASE 2018; ASE Publishing House
• Subjects: Economy; economic costs; packaging and packaging waste directive; recycling and reuse targets; circular economy

The “circular economy” package put forward by the European Commission in 2015 is an ambitious plan in the area of environmental protection. The aim of this legal framework is to replace what is nowadays referred to as the “linear economy”, in which people consume and throw away, with an economic sys...