EU Waste Regulation in a Linear-Circular Economy Transition: Waste Management in Italy

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Massimiliano Agovino Gaetano Musella

EU Waste Regulation in a Linear-Circular Economy Transition

Waste Management in Italy

Massimiliano Agovino, Gaetano Musella

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English

Springer International Publishing AG
25 March 2023

Economics; Environmental economics; Energy industries & utilities; Civil codes & Civil law; Environment, transport & planning law; Management of land & natural resources; Waste management; Waste treatment & disposal

Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science

Waste management is a topical issue worldwide. In recent years, several requests have been made by citizens and associations to political decision-makers regarding the need for a significant improvement in waste management methods. Particularly considering the significant increase in awareness of social and environmental impacts and the economic consequences of non-virtuous waste management.

There is growing attention on legislation and regulation's role in the waste sector. Regulation can help companies and citizens achieve a faster, more effective, and more efficient transition from a linear economy, based on the take-make-dispose paradigm, to a circular economy, in which the potential of waste as resources and secondary raw materials is exploited.

This book is set in the wake of economic literature that tackles the transition from the linear to the circular economy. It focuses on the downstream stages of the waste management process (i.e. the waste treatment phase). In this regard, it is proposed a journey through the history of European waste legislation to study the waste sector's transition dynamics from a selfish and no longer sustainable economic model based on rampant consumerism to a far-sighted sustainable model addressing the well-being of future generations. Studying the changes in European waste regulations leads us to ask ourselves the following questions: how has waste collection changed in recent years? What are the new regulatory challenges that must be addressed to achieve the objectives of a circular economy? How successful has the EU legislation been in fostering the transition from a linear to a circular economy? Finally, has the European environmental legislation sprung a convergence process among European countries towards the circular economy, or has the definition of targets fuelled the already marked differences between EU countries?

By: Massimiliano Agovino, Gaetano Musella
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2023
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 174g
ISBN: 9783031281020
ISBN 10: 3031281020
Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Pages: 87
Publication Date: 25 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1. From Linear to Circular Economy. The Impact of Environmental Legislation on Waste Management.- Chapter 1 - The Transition from Linear to Circular Economy. The Case of Waste in European and Italian Environmental Legislation.- Chapter 2. From European Legislation to its Implementation in Italy between Past and Present.- Chapter 3. The Transition from Linear to Circular Economy Induced by Waste Management Legislation. A Shift-and-Share Analysis of European Countries and Italian Macro-Areas.- Part 2. Convergence or Divergence from the Circular Economy Objectives. What are the Causes?.- Chapter 4. The Integrated Waste Cycle in Italy and EU Countries.- Chapter 5. Convergence or Divergence in Waste Treatment Methods? The Impact of Waste Management Legislation in the Transition to the Circular Economy Model.

Massimiliano Agovino is a Full Professor in Economic Policy at the Department of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity, and Sports Sciences of the University of Naples Parthenope. He is currently the head of the PhD Programme in Economics, Statistics and Sustainability.  The main topics his research activities cover include the evaluation of active labour market policies for the inclusion of disadvantaged workers, the policies aiming to bridge gender differences, the evaluation of environmental policies and the analysis of convergence applied to environmental problems. Gaetano Musella is a Researcher in Economic Statistics at the Department of Management and Quantitative Studies of the University of Naples Parthenope. He has been Visiting Scholar at several European institutes, such as the Department of Economics of the University of Alicante (Spain), Tarki (Budapest, Hungary) and CELSI (Bratislava, Slovakia) institutes. His research interests focus on environmental economics, environmental policies and their evaluation, innovation systems and knowledge transfer, the structure of the labour market, and wage inequality.