| Abstract |
The paper provides some arguments for understanding circular economy as a concept, responding to contemporary global challenges, resulting from the climate change and intensive usage of resources in limited quantities. It has considered the forestry sector, where the most of solutions could be developed. The theoretical and methodological background for the study is the Hegelian doctrine for economic and social development. Applying this doctrine circular economy is understood as a new stage of economic development with a different goal, subject and mean for achieving the goal comparatively to the free market economy one. The content of the goal of circular economy development is transforming, addressing not only resource productivity and efficiency, but also waste minimization, and many other areas of circularity. The analyses have shown market forces are limited and not strong enough to achieve the new goal of economic development, reflecting the needs of society, vital for its future. It was shown the new instruments include state regulation and respective monitoring, analyzing and drawing conclusions and recommendation, using new indicators, developed for monitoring economic processes and for new economic policies concerning achievement of the new goals of society. The above notion is argumented on the case of the good practice of Europe. Evidence and content of a new policy for a new stage of economic development focused on circularity on European level has been provided, first achievements are registered. |