20.500.12556/DKUM-94989 Circular economy implementation in the electric and electronic equipment industry The circular economy (CE) encourages sustainability by shifting towards business models that prolong resource use. The quantity of waste generated by electric and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) is rapidly rising and is one of the fastest-growing waste streams. Our paper explores the awareness, benefits, barriers, incentives, and implementation of CE in the electric and electronic equipment (EEE) industry in Slovenia and Croatia. In the theoretical section, we review the existing literature on CE, the EEE industry in both countries, and their policy frameworks for developing CE. Based on primary research through a survey and inferential statistical analysis in the empirical section, we investigate the implementation of CE in the EEE industry in both countries. This paper identifies which CE practices companies in the EEE industry implement, how company size affects CE implementation, how companies evaluate institutional support to CE, and their plans regarding CE. The results highlight some differences between the two countries. Drawing on the empirical findings, we determine key challenges and opportunities for increasing CE adoption in this sector and formulate some European suggestions for policymakers, industry practitioners, and researchers. sustainability circular economy electric and electronic equipment industry e-waste trajnost krožno gospodarstvo industrija električne in elektronske opreme e-odpadki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-09-01 10:06:33 2025-09-01 10:06:33 2025-09-02 03:22:07 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-30 issue 17, spec. iss., [art. no.] 7700 Vol. 17 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2025-07-18 2025-08-20 2025-08-26 338.2:502.131.1 247166723 10.3390/su17177700 2071-1050 RAZ_Zoka_Margaret_2025.pdf RAZ_Zoka_Margaret_2025.pdf 1 57A2B369FC9EE116F4935B8AC9051514 41b8d9a7a208107537976f4effe2fc00a3e33abf3c7c558323b2eeb0a52f1582 f5e24d0d-870a-11f0-a65a-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197184 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/17/7700 1 9400df3c-870a-11f0-a65a-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197182 Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta 0 0 0