THE THEORY OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND PROSPECTS OF ITS INFLUENCE ON PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION WASTE LEGISLATION

Abstract

The current situation in Russia and the majority of other countries of the world regarding environmental policy in general, and the management of production and consumption waste in particular, has reached a significant impasse. One possible way out of this situation is the concept of circular economy. The article discusses its main provisions and notes that it can be implemented only in the context of political, educational, legal and other reforms. Therefore, the authors focus on the analysis of the legal mechanism to achieve the goals and objectives in the field of reducing the volume of waste produced in the country, creating conditions for the development of technologies for its processing and recycling. This will require the establishment of a new legal category "environmental entrepreneurship", with the enforcement of a system of incentives, permits, restrictions and prohibitions in legal acts aimed at a fundamental change in the existing model of waste management. The development of this legal institution will entail the adjustment of a number of civil contracts, including the further development of environmental insurance contracts and ecological audit. The authors pay special attention to the fact that the supporters of the concept of circular economy usually write about it as an ideal, its parameters and the main elements, economic effect, the fight against unemployment, etc., however, few people pay attention to the selection of stages of "reaching the ideal" -a number of steps, consistent passage of which would allow a particular country in the world (including Russia) to fully switch to the standards of circular economy. In modern scientific works on the theory of circular economy very little attention is paid to the role of law in this process. The article attempts to bridge the gap.