SOCIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELECTRONIC WASTE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES

The article aims to evaluate criteria that should be considered when deciding on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. Reusing a building by means of renovation is in line with the concept of sus-tainability, as it makes it possible to extend the useful life of a building without incurring significant finan- cial expenses. The concept is related to the theory of the circular economy, which maintains that by designing a system of closed-loop processes - in which waste from one process is used as raw ma-terial for another - the consumption of raw materials, the amount of waste and energy losses can be mini-mised. The article discusses criteria that local governments, municipalities, architects, and de-signers should consider when deciding whether to reuse a building. The criteria were classified as technical, economic, social, spatial and environmental. To achieve the main objective, we looked into the prefer-ences of current and potential practitioners who might be involved in the adaptive reuse of buildings with regard to the criteria. The most significant criteria were validated using a survey method.