Environmental legislation and achieving circular economy in Italy's waste sector: A shift-and-share macro-area analysis

Massimiliano Agovino, Massimiliano Cerciello, Antonio Garofalo and Gaetano Musella

Utilities Policy, 2024, vol. 90, issue C

Abstract: In the European Union, the transition to a circular economy has been guided by supranational regulations, subsequently transposed by Member States. In Italy, transposition occurred through Legislative Decrees 22/1997 and 152/2006, which set ambitious waste targets. To test their effectiveness in promoting the transition, we implement a Shift-and-Share analysis on data over 1997–2006 and 2007–2019. The three Italian macro-areas (North, Centre and South) shared a virtuous planning phase (specialisation) and a penalising socioeconomic context (competitiveness) in the first period. In the second period, the situation reverted in Northern and Central Italy. Southern Italy remained anchored to the linear economy model.

Keywords: Circular economy; Waste management; Italian environmental legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101811

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