APA
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Dinu, M., Pătărlăgeanu, S. R., Petrariu, R., Constantin, M., & Potcovaru, A.-M. (2020). Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity. Sustainability, 12(23), 9794. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12239794
Chicago/Turabian
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Dinu, Mihai, Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, Radu Petrariu, Marius Constantin, and Ana-Madalina Potcovaru. “Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity.” Sustainability 12, no. 23 (2020): 9794.
MLA
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Dinu, Mihai, et al. “Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity.” Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 23, 2020, p. 9794, doi:10.3390/su12239794.
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@article{mihai2020a,
title = {Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity},
year = {2020},
issue = {23},
journal = {Sustainability},
pages = {9794},
volume = {12},
doi = {10.3390/su12239794},
author = {Dinu, Mihai and Pătărlăgeanu, Simona Roxana and Petrariu, Radu and Constantin, Marius and Potcovaru, Ana-Madalina}
}
The growth in population and economic activities has direct implications on the deterioration of the natural capital, especially when referring to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. However, improvement is possible by empowering sustainable consumption and production patterns. Through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations call for a mix of economic development, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. The agenda also provides the instruments needed to track progress, as each Sustainable Development Goal has a set of indicators meant to assess various dimensions of sustainability. Energy productivity is only one of many, but still special because it reflects sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The 2030 Climate Target Plan elaborated by the European Commission consolidates and brings its contribution to the aims of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adding weight to the importance of the greenhouse gas emissions target. The objective of this research was to study the relationship between energy productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, biowaste recycling and nominal GDP in the EU in order to highlight the key of a smooth transition towards sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The results show that recycling, greening the economy and energy productivity are the vectors of this transition.
