Q53 - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; RecyclingReturn

The textile industry is associated with negative environmental impacts due to the constant use of pesticides and polluting dyes, excessive use of water and electricity, and the release of emissions and polluting fumes into the atmosphere. Textile waste ends up in landfills or is incinerated, which posing a risk of soil, watercourses and air pollution. The increasing amount of textile waste and the lack of technologies for its recycling lead textile companies to seek alternative options for managing this type of waste and to the inevitable implementation of a circular economy. This article highlights the impacts of fast fashion and based on the results of primary research presents recommendations and possible solutions for managing the circular economy in a specific industrial enterprise.

This article follows closely one of the principal challenges of the European Union - global, economic and environmentally sustainable development. This development is currently endangered by climate change which is being caused by increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. At this moment, market instruments (emissions allowances trading, carbon taxation, etc.) represent such a green house gases reduction policy, attributed with the lowest cost level and high transparency. First attempt on coordinated international effort within this domain was the Kyoto protocol valid until 2012 - currently there are intensive negotiations being hold at different levels about its successor. The European Union has projected its vision on post-Kyoto functioning into so called climate and energy package, adopted by the European Council in December 2008. Main part is being represented by revised EU ETS system, playing the role of the main instrument of greenhouse gases mitigation. Writers of this article aim to interpret this engagement and its impacts on energy prices in Czech Republic, respectively estimate expertly costs of that instrument and describe crucial economic consequences.