CIRCULAR ECONOMY: SUMMARY OF GERMANY CASE

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 129 - 143, 05.01.2019

Tufan Özsoy

Abstract

With the transition from the agricultural community to the industrial society, a significant increase was
observed in the use of resources. Thanks to globalization, especially due to global economic growth, the use
of natural resources has increased and the environmental pressure related to production and consumption has
become significant. In the face of current growth approaches and trends, it is clear that in the next century there
will be inevitable, sudden and uncontrollable dramatic changes.
The phenomenon of circular economy, which has started to find its place in the agenda slowly, has been the
starting point of this study. The circular economy, which integrates the logic of nothing in nature into a trash,
focuses on the efficiency of material and energy flows. Germany is one of the leading countries in the world
to develop processes suitable for the cyclical economy. In this study, it is tried to explain the situation of cyclic
economy in Germany by referring to how circular economy is handled in the literature. 

Keywords

Circular Economy, Sustainable Production, Sustainable Consumption

DÖNGÜSEL EKONOMİ: ALMANYA’DAKİ DURUMUN BİR ÖZETİ

Abstract

Tarım toplumundan endüstri toplumuna geçilmesiyle birlikte kaynak kullanımında önemli bir artış
gözlenmiştir. Özellikle küreselleşme sayesinde, dünya genelinde yaşanan ekonomik büyümeye bağlı olarak,
doğal kaynak kullanımı artmış, üretim ve tüketime bağlı çevresel baskı da önemli düzeyde belirgin hale
gelmiştir. Mevcut büyüme yaklaşımları ve trendlerinde ısrar edilmesi halinde gelecek yüzyıl içinde
kaçınılamaz, ani ve kontrol edilemez dramatik değişimlerin yaşanacağı açıktır.
Son dönemde yavaş da olsa gündemde kendine yer bulmaya başlayan döngüsel ekonomi olgusu bu çalışmanın
çıkış noktası olmuştur. Doğada hiçbir şeyin çöp haline gelmediği mantığını eko-yenilikçilik olgusu ile
bütünleştiren döngüsel ekonomi, materyal ve enerji akışlarının verimliliğine odaklanır. Almanya döngüsel
ekonomiye uygun süreçler geliştirilmesi konusunda dünyanın önde gelen ülkelerindendir. Bu çalışma ile
döngüsel ekonomi olgusunun alan yazında nasıl ele alındığına değinilerek döngüsel ekonomiye ilişkin
Almanya’daki durum ifade edilmeye çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Döngüsel Ekonomi, Sürdürülebilir Üretim, Sürdürülebilir Tüketim

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