- 學位論文
論發展循環經濟之機會與挑戰
The Opportunities and Challenges of Circular Economy
摘要
自18世紀工業革命後，產業界依循著開採、投入、製造、丟棄的線性經濟之發展模式，也促使傳統製造業蓬勃發展，並提升開發中國家人民生活水平。然而，因地球資源有限但人類慾望無窮，線性經濟走到今日已導致資源分配不足並帶來嚴重環境汙染甚至助長地球暖化。經濟學家思考如何達成產業永續發展之方式，講求資源再利用最大化與源頭可回收產品設計之循環經濟商業模式應運而生，由歐美先進國家起頭，近10年更在亞洲開發中國家蔚為風行。本研究闡述基於循環經濟的產品設計原則與商業模式策略架構，並點出產業由線性經濟轉換至循環經濟時，會面臨哪些機會與挑戰，本研究認為以產業共生概念建立物質循環產業園區可激勵相關企業導入物質循環創新活動，實踐循環經濟資源活化理念。
並列摘要
Since the first Industry Revolution during the 18th century, the industry has followed the linear economy business model by step of take-make-use-dispose and promoted the development of manufacturing industry significantly. Moreover, the linear economy model also improved the living standard of human beings in the developing countries. However, due to limited resources and infinite desires from the human, if people continuously execute linear economy business model in the future, we will not only encounter the issue of uneven resource allocation but also suffer the impact of global warming. The economist started to consider how to achieve sustainable development of industry without inducing environment pollution and prevent from lack of resource. The circular economy business model which focuses on optimization of resource recycling and recyclable product design has been proposed increasingly. The concept of circular economy was originally popular in Europe and then spread to the developing countries in Asia over the past decade. This paper first demonstrated the product design principles and the strategy of business model based on the concept of the circular economy. In addition, the paper pointed out what opportunities and challenges the whole industry or companies would bear during the transition of business model from linear to circular economy. Most importantly, this paper suggested that establishing a material recycling industrial park by the concept of industrial symbiosis can either motivate the related companies investing innovated activities or achieve the purpose of facilitating material flow recyclily.