ABSTRACT
The concept of circular economy (CE) has been in the centre of the strategical thinking since 2015 and numerous practical initiatives are in progress. It is a new way towards sustainability. This study is based on Hungarian case studies where circular solutions of industrial waste treatment have been implemented. One of them is a solvent regeneration from wastewater to reuse it after distillation process. The sustainability analysis which is mostly based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment resulted about 15 -20 percent benefit compared to linear technological process. The other studies are based on the best circular practices of two Hungarian waste flows in the CIRCE2020 project. This project aims to facilitate a larger uptake of integrated environmental management approach in five specific Central European industrial areas by changing patterns from single and sporadic company recycling interventions to an integrated redesign of industrial interactions based on the concept of circular economy. The scenarios have been analysed by LCA and LCC methods and EF-based indicators of circular scenarios of the donor side.
