Conservation and rational use of natural resources: Methods of circular economy assessment

Abstract

Issues of resource conservation in terms of inclusion of raw materials and advanced technologies of environmental management are indisputably important in modern production and consumption development. The scientific community focuses on the development of technological methods for cyclic use of raw materials, construction of logistics supply chains, introduction and modernization of circular processes in production. The next logical stage of the study is to analyse various tools for assessment of circular economy development, promoting conservation and sustainable use of various natural resources; the article defines the main differences and results of the analysis. Carried out with the financial support of the Grant of the President of the Russian Federation to support young scientists Candidates of Sciences in the study MK-587.2019.6 "Development of theoretical and methodological foundations of the concept of circular economy as a new trend in the formation of sustainable socio-economic space."