Hurdles to a Circular Built Environment: A Look at the Economic and Market Barriers

Buildings, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(8), С. 1332 - 1332

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2025

The circular economy is considered the best principle through which sustainable practices may be established. Mineral exhaustion, decarbonisation, and waste elimination can all addressed a economy. built environment one of largest producers significant user materials such as concrete steel. However, there are considerable barriers to adoption objective study was identify, examine, comprehend main challenges that impede implementation scaling within environment. As part CircularB network, questionnaire launched in 2024 gather opinions on technical, political, regulatory, cultural, societal, economic, market from professionals. This paper focuses economic barriers, were recognised most important according insights 270 respondents. hurdles investigated include extra costs building insurance, inadequate collaboration, linear public procurement, unwillingness take back used components, low awareness exchange marketplaces, disconnection due transport distances. Addressing these plays crucial role advancing environment, stakeholders must explore solutions overcome them.

Язык: Английский

From Linear to Circular: Consumer Perspectives on Breaking Free from Single-Use Plastics in Taiwan

Circular Economy and Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025

Язык: Английский