CIRCULAR ECONOMY: UKRAINIAN REALITIES AND PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the topical topic of the transition from a linear to a circular economy using the example of the construction industry, which is one of the largest sources of waste generation and a basis for the use of metallurgical, construction production, and thermal power plant waste.The depletion of raw and energy resources, the growth of environmental pollution necessitates the need to extend the service life of construction materials due to their processing, or their use in other technological processes. The circular economy is identified with the concept of the "circular" economy or with production with a closed cycle, zero-waste production.It is shown that the National Waste Management Plan until 2030, adopted by the CMU resolution on February 20, 2019, remains a kind of "road map", but the implementation of the measures of the National Waste Management Strategy lags behind the planned measures. It was established that almost 90% of production waste is not reused and sent to landfills. The largest reserves of unused production by-products are in the metallurgical industry and energy production waste at TPPs.For the efficiency of the functioning of the circular economy, the specific weight of environmental taxes in the GDP of European countries varies between 1.5-4%, while in Ukraine - at the level of 0.1%. Less than 5% of the total amount of fines for environmental pollution is paid, which indicates the need to reform and improve the system of taxation of harmful emissions.