Implementing circularity within the apparel industry in the Eu - analyzing barriers to circularity and investigating the role policies, regulations, and governments play in overcoming or reinforcing them

This paper assesses the practicality and likelihood of implementing circularity with in the European apparel market. When analyzing potential barriers to circularity, it becomes evident that there are three major forces paradoxically both de-and accelerating progress: The public sector, the private...

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Autor principal: Gemkow, Nico Tobias (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2022
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/139036
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/139036
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Resumo:This paper assesses the practicality and likelihood of implementing circularity with in the European apparel market. When analyzing potential barriers to circularity, it becomes evident that there are three major forces paradoxically both de-and accelerating progress: The public sector, the private sector, and consumers. Upon critically assessing the roles these play in this transition towards circularity, it was found that despite there being many hurdles to overcome for each, the most significant one is likely to stem from the interconnectedness of the roles.