Title
European national road authorities and circular economy An insight into their approaches
Author
Mantalovas, K.
di Mino, G.
del barco Carrion, A.J.
Keijzer, E.
Kalman, B.
Parry, T.
Presti, D.L.
Publication year
2020
Abstract
The pavement engineering industry, having realized the significance of the impacts that it imposes on the environment through the production, construction and management of its products and assets, has been driven towards a more sustainable and circular way of operating. This has partly been through asphalt recycling, which is an area that many road authorities have prioritized. However, not all the National Road Authorities (NRAs) and/or sector stakeholders seem to be adequately familiar with the Circular Economy (CE) concept. This paper attempts to assist the transition of NRAs to a more circular way of doing business, by analyzing the current situation of CE within national/regional authorities and NRAs. To do so, a questionnaire was sent to different NRAs and an online search was conducted to identify the ways that NRAs communicate their CE practices. Findings indicate that, although the majority of the NRAs are familiar with CE as a concept, not many actions have been taken so far towards its holistic implementation. Finally, there is a significant lack of CE expertise and communication within these bodies.
Subject
Asphalt pavements
Circular economy
Circular procurement
Circular recommendations
Circular road maps
National road authorities
Environment & Sustainability
Urbanisation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177160
TNO identifier
955268
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
2071-1050
Source
Sustainability (Switzerland), 12 (12), 1-19
Document type
article