@misc{10481/64401,
year = {2020},
month = {9},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64401},
abstract = {The pavement engineering industry, having realized the significance of the impacts
that it imposes on the environment through the production, construction and management of its
products and assets, has been driven towards a more sustainable and circular way of operating.
This has partly been through asphalt recycling, which is an area that many road authorities have
prioritized. However, not all the National Road Authorities (NRAs) and/or sector stakeholders seem
to be adequately familiar with the Circular Economy (CE) concept. This paper attempts to assist the
transition of NRAs to a more circular way of doing business, by analyzing the current situation of CE
within national/regional authorities and NRAs. To do so, a questionnaire was sent to di erent NRAs
and an online search was conducted to identify the ways that NRAs communicate their CE practices.
Findings indicate that, although the majority of the NRAs are familiar with CE as a concept, not many
actions have been taken so far towards its holistic implementation. Finally, there is a significant lack
of CE expertise and communication within these bodies.},
organization = {European Union's Horizon 2020 Program under the Marie Curie-Sklodowska actions for research, technological development, and demonstration 	
721493},
organization = {CEDR Transnational Research Programme},
publisher = {Mdpi},
keywords = {Circular economy},
keywords = {Asphalt pavements},
keywords = {National Road Authorities},
keywords = {Circular procurement},
keywords = {Circular recommendations},
keywords = {Circular road maps},
title = {European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches},
doi = {10.3390/su12177160},
author = {Mantalovas, Konstantinos and Jiménez Del Barco Carrión, Ana},
}