14 _ 16 SEPT. 2022 _ ONLINE


WORKSHOP ON BUILDING A LEGAL SYSTEM FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Where researchers will meet and discuss legal solutions for circularity








Online Roundtables of themes where researchers and practitioners from different areas and public openly discuss current problems and legal solutions on crucial topics for creating a legal roadmap for circular economy. The goal: gathering information for building a legal system for a circular economy through a multidisciplinary approach.

Each session will include short presentations by speakers followed by discussion between participants and the public in general on the presented challenges and solutions. This event is aimed for PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, principal investigators and any professionals from academia and industry willing to discuss solutions in the field of circular economy.



WORKSHOP THEMES

Reaching a full transition to a circular economy asks for a determination of its concept, criteria, standards, and requirements. We need to have common grounds when discussing circular solutions. A debate will be taken on: what are the specific limits and content of the concept of circular economy; if those limits and content are being translated into standards; and if it is possible to determine and implement clear requirements to reach circularity.
A legal framework for a circular economy asks for a conclusion on how current regulations and norms should be adapted to reach the final aim of circularity. A debate must be taken on what are the relevant areas for circularity and how to interconnect diversified fields of the law.  This debate will be centered on product and processes design, consumption, waste and secondary markets and legal incentives for circularity. Applying legal solutions must start by determining where the legal obstacles are - in all fields of law –, but also where incentives can be created.
Circularity represents a disruptive concept in the legal realm. The transition to a circular economy will impact our current socio-economic model. The consequences and legal limits imposed by the rule of law and the duty to respect fundamental rights in this transition should be drawn and taken into consideration when debating the legal framework for circularity.