本文根据拉美和加勒比地区经济历年经济统计数据，建立拉美循环经济评价体系，通过因子分析与聚类研究方法，将拉美和加勒比各国分为三种类型；以拉美六国(古巴、巴西、阿根廷、秘鲁、智利和墨西哥)为例，详细分析各国的循环经济指标表现。研究认为，拉美现阶段的主要经济增长方式还是资源消耗型；拉美各国发展循环经济应根据自身所处的类型，依靠科技创新，将发展循环经济提升到战略高度，通过适宜政策引导企业与消费者参与循环经济建设。
According to the LAC statistical yearbooks, this paper evaluates the level of recycling economy of the six countries in the region. Based on factor analysis and clustering methods, the LAC countries can be divided into three types. Taking the six countries of LAC (Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Mexico) for examples, the author analyzes the performance of recycling economy indicators in detail. Results show that the resource consumption growth of Latin American economies is still dominated. Consequentially, it is suggested that the LAC countries should enhance recycling economy to a new strategic level by scientific and technological innovation according to their respective types and lead enterprises and consumers to participate in building recycling economy by means of developing appropriate policies.
