Enablers and barriers for the circular economy practices in Mallorca

Abstract

[eng] The current configuration of the economic system is outdated and detrimental to society. It is true that thanks to the linear model of economy society has improved a lot. However, today we are picking up the pieces of the damage caused by past generations to the environment. It is time to change the whole configuration of the economy in favour of the circular economy. It is important to analyse each industry and look at what are the easy and thoughtful steps to take. Tourism industry is the biggest responsible of the socioeconomic development in the Balearic Islands. However because it is configured according the linear economy it is damaging .In this particular case we are going to study the tourism sector in Mallorca and the circular economy practices .More specifically this project is going to study the circular economy implementation on the hotel sector of Mallorca.