@article{1461807,
      recid = {1461807},
      author = {Agovino, Massimiliano, and Musella, Gaetano,},
      title = {EU waste regulation in a linear-circular economy  transition : waste management in Italy /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 87 pages) :},
      abstract = {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?},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1461807},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28103-7},
}