Silvia Ghiță-Mitrescu
DOI: 10.2478/ouacsce-2024-0018
Abstract – This paper examines Romania’s progress in adopting the EU Circular
Economy Monitoring Framework, assessing key performance indicators and identifying
challenges in its transition towards a sustainable economic model. By analyzing data on
the five main areas of the Monitoring Framework, the study highlights Romania’s
strengths and areas for improvement compared to the EU averages. The findings
indicate an improvement in almost all categories of indicators but also underline the
need for enhanced efforts.
Keywords – Circular economy, European Union, Romania, resource efficiency.
