“…Thus, circular economy contributes effectively to sustainable economic development (Geng et al, 2012;A.-M. Androniceanu, et al, 2020). Banaitė (2016) demonstrated that circular economy decreased the use of natural resources, while the consumption of energy rose, leading to increasing pollution (Ionescu, 2020;Nekmahmud et al, 2020). Beneficially, circular economy has shown to maintain the value of recycled materials, while the generation of waste has been minimized (Bayar et al, 2020;Borocki et al, 2019;Çera et al, 2020;Grondys et al, 2021).…”