Advancing Sustainable Bio-Waste Management through Law and Policy: How Co-Creation Can Help Pursue Fair Environmental Public Policies in the European Context

Ireneu Mendes (), Pedro Rocha and Alexandra Aragão
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Ireneu Mendes: Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Pátio da Universidade, 3004-528 Coimbra, Portugal
Pedro Rocha: Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Pátio da Universidade, 3004-528 Coimbra, Portugal
Alexandra Aragão: Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra, Pátio da Universidade, 3004-528 Coimbra, Portugal

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: Alongside production and consumption, bio-waste management is central to the food systems debate. To achieve sustainable food systems—an essential component of the Sustainable Development Goals and the world they envision—public authorities must address the shortage of current bio-waste-management policies and strive towards a new paradigm of bio-waste management, where environmental justice primarily informs policy design and decision making. In order to achieve fair environmental policies, particularly in the context of food systems and bio-waste management, it is essential to understand what drives public policy in these matters. In the present review, we seek to contribute by closing a gap in the literature by proposing a set of bio-waste-management drivers in the European context. Moreover, we focus on the “policy and legislation” driver, hoping to examine its main components and understand both their limitations and the opportunities they provide. Finally, we explore the role that co-creation can play as a facilitator of a public-governance paradigm that promotes sustainable development.

Keywords: sustainability; circular food systems; bio-waste management; co-creation; governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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