Towards a circular economy – country practices and government policy decisions

Abstract

The goal of this article is to analyse how some countries have managed to move forward their efforts to implement government policies, by harmonized and aligned approaches, on establishing the strategy for the transition to the circular economy. This experience could be useful for the Republic of Moldova, as our country committed to implement circular economy principles within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as other main policy documents of the Government. The informational support of the researches constitutes the existing normative framework of the EU on circular economy and waste management, as well as internal regulations and official reports of some selected countries. Also, there were analysed reports and available data on specific indicators covering various aspects of the circular economy using infographics’ reports of some international organizations. The research methodology was based on the following methods: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, methods inherent in economic disciplines - observation, reasoning, comparison, classification, which allowed a deep analysis of the research topic.