POSSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPING WASTE MANAGEMENT BUSINESS IN BULGARIA BY INTERACTION OF THE STRATEGIC MODEL: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

The inclusion of the strategic model of public-private partnership in waste management business by the interaction of manufacturing companies is a core element in the development of the circular economy10. In a lot of Member states in the European Union the economy conditions require implication of the circular economy and PPP is the key. This is a great opportunity for the building of a recycling community11. In 2015 in Bulgaria a waste management factory was opened in the capital Sofia12. The factory is not the most effective one in comparison to the leading companies in the EU. E.g. in the Netherland is located the company AEB Amsterdam, which is a municipal property since 2014, as well as and the private company Orgaworld13. Another private company is SUEZ Environment14, which operates with third parties in United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. In Bulgaria exist four private companies in the waste management business and the companies' activity is directed in recycling of waste packages. As a whole, the waste management business includes a lot of different kinds of wastes and the strategic market share of the companies is possible to be expanded in comparison to the other companies in EU. In the waste management business the level of commercial freedom of waste management companies is important and it depends on the funding sources. That is so, because if one company has been built by the private sector, the freedom level would be high but if the funding sources come from the public sector, the level of commercial freedom is possible to be decreased. Purpose of the article is to discover the commercial freedom level in the waste management business in Bulgaria and EU by the interaction of the PPP. Object of the article is the company "Bulecopack" JSC, which business area is recycling of waste packages.