The aim of the work is to identify how the business in Belarus responds to the development of green and circular economy in the country and in the world. The research was conducted on the basis of the Executive MBA program of IPM Business School.

This paper presents the results of the survey on waste management and third-party secondary raw materials usage at Belarusian industrial enterprises.

The paper presents results of the survey of agricultural producers on waste management and factors affecting a reuse of their waste.

The paper presents the results of the enterprises surveys regarding the barriers to the development of the circular economy. The analysis has revealed that in general the enterprises surveyed positively evaluate the existing legislation in Belarus that regulates issues concerning waste management, but identify a number of other significant barriers.

This paper presents an analysis of the survey results on how enterprises in Belarus manage their waste and use secondary raw materials. It was examined whether an effectiveness of waste management depends on the form of the enterprise ownership.

The paper presents the survey results analysis on waste management and factors affecting the possibility of using waste to make a new products. A relation between the size of the enterprise, the amount of waste and the way it was handled has been studied.