D'Adamo Idiano, Favari Daniele, Gastaldi Massimo, Kirchherr Julian
Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Waste Manag Res. 2024 Aug;42(8):670-680. doi: 10.1177/0734242X241237171. Epub 2024 Mar 19.
The European Union (EU) is moving towards sustainable development, and a key role is played by circular economy (CE) models geared towards reducing pressure on natural resources, generating jobs and fostering economic opportunities. Indicators are able to aggregate a variety of information and their use, through the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), allows the performance of alternatives to be monitored. This work aims to calculate the performance of the EU27 in the years 2019 and 2020 according to 15 CE indicators available on Eurostat. The results of the Analytic Hierarchy process show that the greatest impact on circularity is determined by the category 'competitiveness and innovation', which together with the category 'global sustainability and resilience' accounts for two thirds of the overall weight. The MCDA results show that Belgium prevails in both the baseline and alternative scenarios, ahead of Italy and the Netherlands respectively. In general, circular policies see western European countries excel, while the performance of eastern European countries is weaker. The implications of this work highlight the three main barriers to the development of CE models: (i) illegal waste management; (ii) lack of knowledge and low level of investment in circular technologies and (iii) low distribution of value among stakeholders. In this way, resource management based on circularity will enable Europe to meet the challenges of sustainability with less dependence on imported raw materials.
欧盟正在朝着可持续发展迈进，循环经济（CE）模式发挥着关键作用，其旨在减轻对自然资源的压力、创造就业机会并培育经济机遇。指标能够汇总各类信息，通过使用多标准决策分析（MCDA），可以监测替代方案的绩效。这项工作旨在根据欧盟统计局提供的15项循环经济指标计算2019年和2020年欧盟27国的绩效。层次分析法的结果表明，对循环性影响最大的是“竞争力与创新”类别，该类别与“全球可持续性与恢复力”类别共同占总体权重的三分之二。多标准决策分析结果显示，在基线情景和替代情景中，比利时均占优势，分别领先于意大利和荷兰。总体而言，循环政策使西欧国家表现出色，而东欧国家的绩效则较弱。这项工作的影响突出了循环经济模式发展的三个主要障碍：（i）非法废物管理；（ii）缺乏知识以及对循环技术的投资水平较低；（iii）利益相关者之间价值分配不均。通过这种方式，基于循环性的资源管理将使欧洲能够在减少对进口原材料依赖的情况下应对可持续发展的挑战。
