Circular Economy in the Czech Republic

DOI

10.2991/essd-19.2019.122How to use a DOI?

Keywords

circular economy, cradle-to-cradle, young generation awareness

Abstract

The paper’s goals are: 1) to study the circular economy (CE) concept implementation in Czech enterprises; 2) to investigate the awareness of young generation to CE concept, its possibilities and benefits. The study of good Czech practices confirmed that there are eco-innovative companies introducing the creative environmental, ecological and social responsible solutions, but the examples are still limited. The findings revealed that CE in Czechia is implemented mostly with "bottom - up" approach i.e. from the level of several business entities and non-governmental institutions. In order to determine awareness the primary research with quantitative and qualitative data analysis is focused on Y-millennial generation. The results indicated that the younger generation has limited awareness and poor understanding of the CE programs and business practice. The practical implication of findings and some recommendations to education and government are introduced.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lenka Švecová
AU  - Galina Ostapenko
AU  - Jaromír Veber
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Circular Economy in the Czech Republic
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Social Development (ESSD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 551
EP  - 554
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/essd-19.2019.122
DO  - 10.2991/essd-19.2019.122
ID  - Švecová2019/07
ER  -