The Efficient Management OS Urban Waste to Promote the Circular Economy

Abstract

In 2020, the European Commission adopted its second Action Plan for the Circular Economy, increasing the targets to be met by the member states and encouraging a change in the environmental and economic paradigm - from a linear system to a circular system. As established by the European Union (COM (2020) 98 final), an efficient management of urban waste and its recovery, by cities and the citizens who live in them, contributes to the current
transition to a circular economy, and, for this to happen, they need to motivate the selective disposal of urban waste to increase recycling rates. Thus, the polluter pays principle must be applied fairly and effectively, with the use of PAYT (pay as you throw) systems, that is the best way to motivate the selective disposal of urban waste, increasing recycling and promoting the circular economy.